Sitting in the Miami airport at 5:00 am I am reading news updates on the #SonyHack and a thought just occurred to me:
Previously, many of us preaching the “you better take your company’s security seriously” message to the C-Suites have been wondering if it would take a court decision finding C-Levels or Board members personally liable before they would fully appreciate the significance of cybersecurity risk to their companies.
In reading the articles about how the Sony Hackers are releasing Sony Executives’ entire email folders and all of the personally and professionally embarrassing email conversations they have exchanged, it makes me wonder if this will not do more damage to their professional reputations and careers than anything. And, if it does, does that mean that this may ultimately exert as much or more pressure on them (and other executives who are watching) to put more emphasis on cybersecurity in their companies when the risk to company message has not been working?
If there is one thing we know about human nature, it is that self-interest always prevails … will it here as well?
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