After the painful experience of waiting weeks for the company's design partner to recover from the attack the board is focused on business continuity. The company serves key sectors such as energy power transport and public infrastructure. They [the board] want to be sure that we have the technology and procedures in place to respond to a cyber event the CIO said. In other words the board of directors wants to know that the company will be able to conduct its business even after a successful cyber attack.
More partners more problems A characteristic of the industrial construction business is that the company typically enters into joint ventures or other alliance arrangements to complete a project. Partners Whatsapp Mobile Number List need to share systems and data opening another opportunity for cyber risk. Although our own cyber culture is quite good overall the companies we work with may not be as good says the CIO. This is most evident when looking at cybersecurity training rates.
The construction company boasts that more than 80 of its cyber awareness training is adhered to while some of its partners have only 40 compliance. The challenge is mandating training on cyber awareness - and just people's behavior over which we have no direct control says the CIO. While the board is not directly involved in eliminating this risk it expects management to address it. They handed the challenge back to management to find a solution says the CIO. We don't have to put additional pressure on anyone to achieve that.