Cyber risk is still too often viewed as a technical issue, delegated to IT teams and discussed only after something goes wrong.
In reality, cyber incidents rarely fail because of technology alone. They fail because of decision-making, governance, communication and preparedness.
From my experience leading national cyber programmes and serious investigations, the organisations that recover fastest are not those with the most expensive tools — they are those with clear accountability, rehearsed response and senior ownership.
Boards don’t need to understand firewalls or malware. They do need to understand risk appetite, business impact and resilience.
Cyber is fundamentally a leadership issue. Treating it as anything else leaves organisations exposed not just to attack, but to reputational and operational failure.
