The CEO Is Next
DARKReading, Tuesday, June 11th, 2024
If CEOs want to avoid being the target of government enforcement actions, they need to take a personal interest in ensuring that their corporation invests in cybersecurity.
One day soon, a government agency will very publicly seek to hold a corporate CEO personally liable for a failure to ensure their organization invested sufficiently in cybersecurity. The surprising thing won't be that it happens, but rather how many people who work for and look up to the CEO will be happy when it does.
When a company gets hacked, the real costs often land on consumers. The company's stock price typically rebounds quickly, but end users are left with their identities stolen, accounts locked, money lost, or children exposed to harm.