In cybersecurity, threat actors are relentless. To keep systems safe, we need a process of controls to oversee the entire chronology of a potential attack scenario – protection before an attack happens, effective mitigation and correction during an attack, and recovery afterwards. The tools of defense are vital, but not enough.
Organizations need to decide how to deploy these tools, how much to spend, how to train people, and how to ensure they maintain compliance with industry standards and governance/risk (GRC) requirements.
Security controls must be organized and described in a way that non-IT people – employees and executives alike – understand and embrace, even if they do not fully grasp all the technical terms, and this is where specialized experts including Certified Authorization Professionals (CAP) play a key role. CAPs can be the vital bridge between technicians, executives, regulators, and others involved in the Security process.