Chapter 1. Elements of a Holistic Program

Introduction

In many environments, security as an element of business culture has been hit with the double-whammy—that is, it suffers from both an image problem and an identity crisis. Many people think of corporate security as the “guards, guns, and gates” guys and cyber security as those “snoops who read employees' e-mail.”

Security often is seen as a controlling or constricting force within an enterprise. It is frequently thought of as something that gets in the way of business. And lacking either a real mandate or a bold vision, many people within security slip into a reactive mode and resort to playing whack-a-mole, thus contributing to the bad image and deepening the identity crisis.

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