๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ช๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—–๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€“ ๐—” ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ-๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ-๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€

Rolling out 18 new cybersecurity policies seemed straightforward, but reality proved otherwise. Challenges like slow approvals and balancing security with business needs tested our approach. The real win? Cybersecurity is shifting from an "IT thing" to a company-wide mindset, proving that security is as much about people as it is about policies.

Dawn Thiart

3/1/20251 min read

turned off MacBook Pro beside white ceramic mug filled with coffee
turned off MacBook Pro beside white ceramic mug filled with coffee

Rolling out ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ sounded like an easy enough task. ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜, ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€... right?

Well, letโ€™s just say ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜†. ๐Ÿคฏ

Hereโ€™s whatโ€™s REALLY happening behind the scenes:

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

๐Ÿ“Œ The โ€œReview & Approval Slowdownโ€ โ€“ Weโ€™ve got ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜†, but getting them across the finish line takes more than just good intentions. Alignment, feedback, refinements, sign-offsโ€ฆitโ€™s a process.

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† + ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ โ€“ No one wants to read 20-page PDFs full of legal jargon. (Not even us.)

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

โœ… ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด! Getting leadership, IT, and business teams on the same page is HUGE.

โœ… Cybersecurity is shifting from an โ€œIT thingโ€ to a company-wide mindset. And THAT is the real goal. ๐Ÿ’ก

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ? ๐—–๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜. " -summarise into 2 or 3 sentences