How can organizational culture affect Cybersecurity?

In any company environment, there will always be two distinct mindsets; “the builders” and “the destroyers.” Cybersecurity is no different. Cybercrime cannot be defeated by technology alone, but instead requires a Cyberculture that encourages employees to change their mindset and how they work together. In the Cyberworld, your Cyber -defenses are only as strong as your weakest Cyber defender.

What does organizational culture have to do with improving Cybersecurity? As most managers and CISOs know, one of the least static areas of business is Cybersecurity. That’s because more than half of the fraud in The UK is conducted online. Therefore, in light of mounting attacks, it’s important to increase awareness at the company level. Plus, to ensure your Cybersecurity policies are effective, you must get buy-in and action from all levels of staff. When you do, you can use organizational Cyberculture to your advantage. Cyberculture is an important part of Cybersecurity because it builds trust and encourages individuals and organizations to uphold Cyber trust. Cyber trust in turn increases Cyber -capabilities by improving Cybersecurity collaboration between nations.

Essential Elements

There are five essential elements that work together to build a Cyber resilient culture. Cybersecurity Education Cyber -Governance Cyber Trust Cyber Responsibility Cyber Citizenship

The Cyber trust element is particularly important to the Cybersecurity industry. Cyber trust in its most basic form represents an organization or country’s willingness to take action and share information with other countries for the purpose of protecting their respective Cyber networks. Cyber trust is important in Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Cyber -capabilities, Cyberwarfare because it builds trust between nation-states.

A Cyber resilient Cyberspace culture 

 Cyberculture Knowledge Sharing Cyber Governance Understanding Risk-Taking Collaboration Cyber Responsibility Cyber Citizenship This builds a resilient Cybersecurity culture where everyone knows what they can do to help improve their own Cybersecurity defenses.  What does organizational culture have to do with improving Cybersecurity? As most managers and CISOs know, one of the least static areas of business is Cybersecurity. That’s because more than half of the fraud in the UK is conducted online.

Therefore, in light of mounting attacks, it’s important to increase awareness at the company level. Plus, to ensure your Cybersecurity policies are effective, you must get buy-in and action from all levels of staff. When you do, you can use organizational Cyberculture to your advantage Cyber Culture is an important part of Cybersecurity because it builds trust and encourages individuals and organizations to uphold Cyber trust. Cyber trust in turn increases Cyber capabilities by improving Cyber Security collaboration between nations.

There are five essential elements that work together to build a Cyber resilient culture: Knowledge Sharing Cyber governance Understanding Risk-Taking Collaboration Cyber Responsibility A Cyber citizenry This builds a resilient Cybersecurity culture where everyone knows what they can do to help improve their own Cybersecurity defenses.

Cyberwarfare to attack systems

If we look at this picture, what would be the result if one company fails? Or even worse, two companies? Cybercriminals use Cyberwarfare to attack systems, they also make sure that one company’s Cybersecurity failure will result in another company’s Cybersecurity failure which results in a chain reaction of Cyberattacks.

Therefore, governments and the private sector must work together to ward against Cyber threats or risk Cyberwarfare. In addition, businesses within the same industry should share information with each other as they are – more likely than not – under similar threats. There is still much room for improvement: most organizations are complacent about sharing Cyber threat information despite it being common practice amongst government agencies. Why? One possible reason for this is the fear of negative publicity: Businesses don’t want to appear vulnerable to outside attacks. Another is negligence: Many Cybersecurity employees don’t have full control over the Cyber resources they need to do their jobs well.

The European Commission’s survey of Cybersecurity Cyberculture knowledge and awareness discovered that Cyber -attacks are still most prevalent in critical infrastructure sectors. Critical infrastructures such as power, water, gas and oil supply chain. Companies should be particularly aware of the potential Cyber damage a breach could cause. The study also found that critical infrastructures rely heavily on Cyber trust between nations. Yet these very same infrastructures also suffer from Cybercrime levels higher than average businesses.