MIT Sloan Management Review Article on A Comprehensive Approach to Cyber Resilience

As data becomes more critical in supporting business units and functions — and as cyberthreats grow — the responsibility for keeping that data safe must expand beyond IT.

It’s hard to imagine a more challenging year than 2020 for data security. The pandemic meant that millions of employees worldwide were suddenly working from home. More severe cyberthreats — some from highly sophisticated state actors — threatened company databases. And at a regional level, natural disasters disrupted operations and supply chains.