3 Fundamentals Mid-Market IT Leaders Should Focus On
Cybersecurity is becoming increasingly important across enterprises of all sizes. Last year, cybersecurity was ranked among the highest business concerns for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
SMBs historically struggle to keep pace with adopting new technologies, with many instances being attributed to a lack of funding or staffing. Oftentimes, IT leaders are the security leaders in their organization.
Without the resources of larger enterprises, it can be challenging to properly secure SMBs. Kevin Charest, CISO & VP of Cyber Governance Services, offers three key steps IT leaders can take to bolster their organization’s security.
Charest explains, “Mid-market organizations face the same security threats as large global enterprises, but they do so with a fraction of the resources. What I see repeatedly is understaffed IT teams trying to stitch together fragmented tools, leading to a reactive posture instead of a resilient one. Mid-market IT leaders need to focus on three fundamentals: clear visibility across their environment, outcome-driven security aligned to regulatory requirements, and a realistic plan to address ‘unpatchable’ technical debt through compensating controls. Cybersecurity can’t be treated as a luxury line item anymore; it determines how quickly you can withstand and recover from attacks in order to protect your day-to-day operations. It must be a top priority for businesses of any size.”
By establishing these fundamentals, IT leaders can treat cybersecurity as a business imperative even if they lack the resources of a large enterprise.
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