Cyber Defense eMagazine July Edition for 2022

EVERYONE is Part of the Security Team and Solution
By Jim Nitterauer, Director of Information Security, Graylog
Often, companies approach cybersecurity as a technology problem, forgetting that people and processes
are also part of defending against threats. It’s important to remember that those technologies exist to
make people’s lives easier and that people must be an essential part of security.
Effective cybersecurity requires purposeful collaboration across all departments, from senior leadership
to individual contributors. Getting everyone on board with security requires setting goals that engage
employees regularly, keeping leadership up to date, and demonstrating value back to the organization.
New Challenges in a New Landscape
Security - and security teams - are increasingly important to all organizations.
Today, customers want digital experiences, but they also expect organizations to limit data collection.
Customers have higher security and privacy expectations today, especially as data breaches and
ransomware attacks are often in the news.
This directly leads to the second challenge companies find themselves facing. In response to these news
headlines, more governments are passing privacy legislation. While the General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR) is no longer new, we can’t underestimate its impact on the regulatory landscape. In
November 2020, Californians voted to update the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), renaming it
the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which included several new, stricter requirements. The CPRA
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