DECEMBER 2022ENTERPRISE SECURITY| | 19ONCE YOU HAVE THE FOUNDATION ­ WHAT NEXT? CRITICAL IS A COMMON VISION, MISSION, AND PURPOSEus about herself, normal stuff, and then her son who was paralysed in a rugby accident, the impact this had on her family, marriage. She then expanded on how her son worked for 6 months in his physiotherapy just so he could surprise her and briefly raise a bottle of beer and cheers her on her birthday. You can imagine the room as the standard introduction suddenly took a very unexpected dimension. Then, the next person in the team jumped in the deep end, then the next and the next. Four hours later, after divorce, infertility, suicide, bullying at school and other deeply personal matters we all finished emotionally drained but with a bond I had not seen outside the Army. It takes courage to jump in, especially if we are conditioned not to swim. Since then, I have done this with all my teams.Once you have the foundation ­ what next? Critical are a common vision, mission and purpose. Without this the 11 year old winger would never tackle the 13 stone, already well into puberty, 6 foot forward willingly. Bought in, they will not let their team mates down. Cyber security is no different, especially in the middle of a major incident having worked 20 hours plus straight each day.Finally, and again through being punched in the face, I now work on the heart as well as the head. This aspect is critical in cyber security. Policy, regulations, directives say we must do x. It is logical. It is the head. Any typically this is where we stop. And then complain why our colleagues in IT won't cooperate. Yet we don't invest in the heart. Why is it important to the individual we are asking? What stresses within their own competing does this create. How can we alleviate this?So to put it together as a recipe. Start with quality organic attitude. Cultivate this in a safe oven with values being careful to add diverse thinking and a blend of work styles or flavours which compliment and balance each other. Commit to these fully and jump in at the deep end ­ however uncomfortable this might be. As bonds form, nurture these adding a common vision, mission and purpose with both head and heart in equal measure. Finally, if you burn the recipe, or get punched in the face, learn and start again. ES
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