In a world transformed by the coronavirus pandemic, the CEO of security firm RSA, which runs the eponymous conference, took to the stage virtually on Monday, delivering a prerecorded keynote speech on the theme of this year s event. It s been 15 months since we met, right before the pandemic stopped the world in its tracks, and in that time, countless doctors, nurses and other first responders have been brave enough to be the light for all of us. They ve worked tirelessly to save lives, and we owe them our gratitude, said Rohit Ghai, CEO of RSA. I also want to express my deepest thanks to each of you, our digital first responders, he added. When everything was upended, you made sure that kids could still log into their classrooms, researchers could collaborate on vaccines and governments could serve their citizens. Though I d prefer to thank you all in person, virtual formats like this symbolize the year we ve had, the adaptations we ve had to make, and the theme of RSA Confer
Information security professionals need to be more open to adaptation and embrace emerging ideas to enhance overall cyber-resiliency, according to expert speakers during an opening keynote on day 1 of the virtual RSAC Conference 2021.
Jimmy Sanders, information security, Netflix DVD, and Angela Weinman, head of global governance, risk and compliance, VMware, set out three “hard truths” about the sector, and how these negative practices can be addressed.
1. The Security Risk Picture is Out of Focus
This is a major issue, “because if you can’t accurately determine risk, it becomes difficult to rapidly recover from impacts,” explained Sanders.
Weinman noted that the industry is not currently managing the risk well enough,” and she cited a recent VMWare study with MIT, which showed that under half (46%) of top executives stated they were happy with how their resiliency risk plans were executed last year.
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