It’s important for leadership in any organization to understand that optimizing your security controls is about more than just protecting data and systems, it’s about reducing your organizational risk tied to brand reputation, customer trust, and business continuity. Cyberattacks such as ransomware and business email compromise (BEC) can have major operational and financial consequences. Cybercrime is predicted to cost the world $1.2 trillion USD in 2025,1 according to Cyber Defense Magazine. Even when mitigated, attacks can cause serious disruption if systems must be taken offline to reset and rebuild. Some organizations can weather this kind of storm. Others face existential questions they never anticipated.
