What are the telltale signs that it’s time to reevaluate your cybersecurity strategy?

Here are several tell-tale signs that your company needs to re-evaluate its cybersecurity strategy: 1) You receive an unfavorable report from a third-party auditor. 2) Cybersecurity isn't top of mind for your Board of Directors, and isn't receiving the budgetary support that it deserves. 3) When incidents occur, customer complaints, employee frustration and negative social media buzz drive your response narrative, rather than having an effective Incident Response plan drive your response activity. 4) You're acquired by (or purchase) another organization. 5) The team that you have in place isn't able to keep pace with new threat vectors that are emerging, like AI-generated threats or wiper technology.  

If you're seeing an uptick in security incidents or breaches despite your current defenses, it's a clear sign to reevaluate your cybersecurity strategy. Additionally, significant changes in your IT infrastructure, like embracing new technologies or expanding into new markets, can introduce risks that must be addressed. Regulatory updates, business growth, or internal restructuring may also require a strategic overhaul to ensure compliance and safeguard against emerging threats. If your security budget is too tight to cover evolving risks or is being spent without improving your posture, that's another flag. Finally, outdated technologies, a lack of employee awareness, or recent audit feedback indicate that your strategy might need a refresh to stay effective and aligned with both business goals and the shifting threat landscape.

Change in business direction, goals, leadership, or new emerging threats and technologies are just few of the drivers. 

Breach, too many critical incidents, high volume of clicks to phishing emails, unhappy business units, projects implemented into production without security involvement and too much friction with business in taking ownership of risks and accountability.