IT pros could use a little break from security alerts. They get a lot of alerts. All. The. Time. While alerts are important, a barrage of them can potentially be a liability. It can cause miscommunication, creating over reactivity. Conversely, alerts can turn into white noise, resulting in apathy. Hence the adage: if everything is important, nothing is. Instead, should we be proactive about our security risks rather than reactive?
IT pros could use a little break from security alerts. They get a lot of alerts. All. The. Time.
While alerts are important, a barrage of them can potentially be a liability. It can cause miscommunication, creating over reactivity. Conversely, alerts can turn into white noise, resulting in apathy. Hence the adage: if everything is important, nothing is. Instead, should we be proactive about our security risks rather than reactive?
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Panelists: Cindy Ng, Kilian Englert, Forrest Temple, Kris Keyser