Regardless of your business or your personal situation, it is hard to imagine that you have not been impacted by COVID. Among other things, it has exposed how vulnerable we are personally. How vulnerable our company is. How vulnerable our communities are.
And these vulnerabilities can create a sense of anxiety, which can build on itself, leaving feeling us helpless.
Perhaps the single most important thing we can do when we are vulnerable is to connect. To communicate. To reach out to others. If we do nothing but isolate, the vulnerabilities expose and consume us.
Cybersecurity professionals deal with vulnerabilities all the time. Often these individuals work as a group separately or perhaps communicating with other IT members. Unfortunately, apart from compliance audit reports or token security awareness programming, cybersecurity is rarely communicated and integrated into the overall culture of the business. How many times do security professionals say of corporate users and leadership, “They just don’t understand” and c-suite, marketing or other department users say with regards to cybersecurity, “They just don’t understand.” Imagine the understanding that could occur if everyone began to lean in and communicate about these issues as one team.
Just as during these times, a key way to address vulnerabilities in your systems is by connecting and communicating across channels. The more the IT and cybersecurity team is engaging with business leaders and staff and other stakeholders, the stronger the organizational culture will be to mitigate vulnerabilities and build resilience.