Beyond Cybersecurity Compliance: Adhering To Regulation Is Not Enough
BlackFog, Monday, August 28,2023
Security leaders can't guarantee positive outcomes by simply checking compliance boxes
Achieving cybersecurity compliance is a top priority for security leaders. Organizations protect themselves from liability by demonstrating that they adhere to industry regulations, including federally mandated regulations like HIPAA as well as voluntary frameworks like NIST CSF.
However, cybercriminals do not limit their attacks to the types of vulnerabilities these regulations address. In fact, they spend considerable time and energy developing innovative ways to bypass these defenses, exploit compliance fatigue, and compromise vulnerable systems.
There is ample evidence for this fact. Highly compliant financial institutions, healthcare providers, and government agencies continue to fall victim to cyberattacks. If regulations offered sufficient security, there would be far fewer headline-making attacks on major institutions.