Enterprise cybersecurity: A strategic guide for CISOs

CISOs and others responsible for safeguarding an organization's systems, networks and data need to manage day-to-day threats while also planning strategically for what's ahead.

• Phil Sweeney, Industry Editor
• Craig Stedman, Industry Editor

Effective enterprise cybersecurity has become even more important as organizations extend their efforts in digital transformation, cloud computing, hybrid work and AI technologies. Those trends make IT networks and systems -- and the data that ceaselessly moves through them -- more vulnerable to cybersecurity threats that can harm business operations, inflict substantial costs, knock a company out of compliance with regulations and damage its reputation.

Cybercriminals increasingly target systems and applications that aren't properly protected. As enterprise cybersecurity staffers scramble to shore up vulnerabilities, hackers and attackers seek out those same weak points. It can sometimes feel like a race, and security groups often don't feel like they are winning.

In an annual survey of cybersecurity ...