Compliance and security go hand in hand: exposure and vulnerability to risks on the security side lead to fines and reputational damage on the compliance side. But what many overlook, is that becoming compliant can actually create a roadmap for organizations to become more secure. While security has rapidly had to adapt to changing technologies and needs, compliance has largely remained reliant on paper-driven processes that simply cannot keep up. This has made it challenging to bridge the gap between compliance and security. Changing how the two areas work together is integral to successfully preventing the negative impacts of failing to meet regulatory guidelines.
Many organizations today are too quick to dismiss the importance of compliance and mistakenly assume that focusing on it leads to a diminished focus on security. But that is a misconception; organizations need to start by ensuring that they are compliant and understand that compliance itself is part of the journey to becoming a more secure organization that can manage a cybersecurity breach well.