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Organizational security culture awareness

Organizational security culture awareness

Security culture within an organization is something I had a hard time grasping when I first started out. I thought it was simple. The CSO sets the tone for the security culture of the organization. But this isn't always true. Security culture can be completely different from the overall culture of the company. You can have a company that claims to be fast-paced problem solvers arriving at solutions quickly, but then you might join the organization and find that security isn't prioritized. Security initiatives move slow, and security leaders are constantly met with obstacles and roadblocks. But what makes security unique is that in most cases, it doesn't make money for the organization. Do we strive to solve problems and make the company secure? Yes, totally. But we need the support from our business partners and our leaders to build a strong and consistent security culture. So how do you determine what the security culture of your company is? Well, you can get a good indication from…

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