Why Your Security Strategy Is Failing Before It Even Starts
Help Net Security, Friday, November 14th, 2025
In this Help Net Security interview, Adnan Ahmed, CISO at Ornua, discusses how organizations can build a cybersecurity strategy that aligns with business goals. He explains why many companies stumble by focusing on technology before understanding risk and shares how embedding cybersecurity across the business helps build resilience.
Ahmed also outlines how a mature roadmap should integrate zero trust principles, operational resilience, and a security culture across both IT and OT environments.
When you think about cybersecurity strategy today, what do most organizations get wrong from the start?
The biggest mistake I see among organizations is initiating cybersecurity efforts with technology rather than prioritizing risk and business alignment. Cybersecurity is often mischaracterized as a technical issue, when in reality it's a business risk management function. Failure to establish this connection early often results in fragmented decision-making and limited executive engagement.