Preface

Executive leadership is essential in creating a culture of cybersecurity and business resilience within an organization. Therefore, every executive has a role to play in cybersecurity and their organization’s cyber resilience. Executives must be aware of the risks their organization faces, and they must collaborate to put in place the right strategy to protect the company’s data and infrastructure.

In addition, executive team members can play a critical role in responding to a cyber incident. They can provide direction during the response phase, help ensure all stakeholders are kept informed, and make decisions about how to best restore systems and services. Finally, executives must also continue to work toward increasing the organization’s overall cybersecurity posture, even when there is not an active incident.

This book provides an in-depth view of each executive’s role in the cyber-resilience journey and provides practical insights, with lessons learned, supporting a mindset change to address the new digitization era.