By Mansur Hasib Posted on 9/23/2014
Cybersecurity breaches point to a bigger problem than inadequate security technology or processes. They point to failed leadership and governance strategies.
Recent news that a bot infected a test server for the Healthcare.gov website points to failure of governance. Details of the Target,Community Health Systems, and Home Depot breaches also point to governance failures. On the surface it may appear to be a technical vulnerability. However, the problem is that too many healthcare and other organizations implement cybersecurity at the end of the development cycle, not at the beginning; they do not bake cybersecurity into all their business and development processes. They also tend to view the cost of cybersecurity as an unnecessary evil instead of a vital component of their business strategy. It is a failure of corporate leadership and governance -- not technology.
InforWeek/ full article here/ http://www.informationweek.com/healthcare/security-and-privacy/healthcare-needs-cybersecurity-leadership-and-governance/a/d-id/1315799
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