Cyber security lessons from across the industries

I have been fortunate to help and collaborate with a wide variety of organisations during my cyber security career to date. These companies range from large multinationals that are household names to small tech startups that you probably haven’t even heard of.

Although the regulatory landscape, security maturity and key risks often vary dramatically between industries, there are common themes that both an upstart FinTech and an energy giant can benefit from.

Being able to see what works, for example, in the world of Operational Technology and apply some of the learnings to an insurance company and vice versa can bring a fresh perspective and result in unique solutions that can be easily overlooked in traditional sector-specific paradigms. Identifying these synergies and collaboration opportunities between organisations of different sizes, industries, cultures and technological stacks has allowed me to better understand specific issues, challenge the conventional thinking and tailor my advice to fit the overall strategy of a given organisation for best results.