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School is out for summer. This is a good time for schools to focus on cybersecurity projects for the coming year. Threat hunting, vulnerability management and the core value of continuous visibility are essential goals that school systems should commit to over the long, hot summer.

Security is a common language across the globe; every person, organization, and country is concerned about security. From personal data privacy, business impact of cyber threats, to protection of core infrastructures, our objective in security is very simple: we all want to prevent attackers from doing something catastrophic. But after so many years and so many generations of technology, is there a simple solution for us all?

In cybersecurity as in national security, remembrance and eternal vigilance are essential to maintaining our freedom.

Our nation has seen many changes since its founding 240 years ago, and it still is functioning pretty well despite the fact that our security and economy today depend largely on technology that did not exist a little more than a generation ago. But the keys to protecting our liberty and promoting the general welfare remain the same in cyberspace as in the real world: remembrance and eternal vigilance.

When Gartner Vice President Peter Firstbrook took the stage at this year’s Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, he spoke of two shifts in security: resilience and trust. Organizations must develop resilient security programs that anticipate disruptions and enable them to respond quickly to avoid costly lapses in productivity. He also championed trust within the organization, as opposed to traditional restrictive security controls.

CISOs too often focus on numbers and metrics that are disconnected from the strategic mission of the business. Cybersecurity can add value, however, by looking past the numbers to the steps being taken to facilitate a safe execution of business strategy. 

The secret to success as a CISO is forging relationships