The global pandemic has added layers of complexity to the challenge of cybersecurity. In the span of a few weeks, organisations transitioned entire workforces and company operations to a work-from home world. Now a year on, working from home has truly become the new norm.
This new working style has created collaboration opportunities and heightened the focus on the risks inherent in a distributed digital environment. This has raised awareness of CIO’s, CISO’s, General Counsels and Company Secretaries crucial roles in mitigating cyber risks for directors and executives.
With 50% of directors around the globe discussing sensitive board materials via personal channels prior to remote working, the risk of a cyber attack is ever increasing. Legal and technology teams must align more closely to bolster the company’s cyber defenses. In the event a cyber-attacks does occur, robust collaboration among these teams ensures a more effective, quicker response. Yet this requires building the right foundation before crisis hits.
Mark Weatherford is the Chief Information Security Officer at AlertEnterprise, serves on the Board of Directors at the National Cybersecurity Center, and is the Founding Partner of Aspen Chartered, where he provides cybersecurity consulting to organizations around the world. Mark has held executive-level roles including Global Information Security Strategist at Booking Holdings, Chief Security Officer at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, and Chief Information Security Officer for the state of Colorado. In 2008 he was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to serve as California’s first Chief Information Security Officer and in 2011 he was appointed by the Obama Administration as the Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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