Culture and Organization

Organizational Change Begins with You

A culture that embodies strong security technologies and processes is a function of impelling leadership and multilateral cooperation. But the uneasy security executive should find reassurance knowing that security cultures are framed with familiar practices: participation, delegation, and shared responsibilities.

Elevating from a zero state to a working solution requires attention to the following imperatives:

1. Connecting security goals to internal/external business drivers (like compliance certification or customer-required pen testing)
2. Shifting the security team's role from a passive "guard rail" to an active contributor to the company's goals
3. ?Establishing a baseline to measure achievements against, and making steady progress toward objectives
4. ?Building the security leadership and empowering them to exert cooperative influence

Even organizations with mature security programs will at times face difficulty rallying vertical and horizontal support for initiatives. But security is an organizational discipline, so a collaborative and empowering methodology, applied consistently, will always be key to enacting change.

Follow security leaders Poornaprajna Udupi and Pavi Ramamurthy in Chapter 3 of?The Purple Book as they delve into the challenges and opportunities that unfold in the mobilization of people, processes, and technology toward a security culture.

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