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News breaks all the time that hackers have attacked another company. Media outlets regularly cover cyber events. The President issues executive orders, and Congress explores cyber legislation. With all these events happening, business leaders must ask: what does this mean for my business and me?Facing Cyber Threats Head On looks at cyber security from a business leader perspective. By avoiding deep technical explanations of "how" and focusing on the "why" and "so what," this book guides readers to a better understanding of the challenges that cyber security presents to modern business, and shows them what they can do as leaders to solve these challenges. Facing Cyber Threats Head On explains that technology is not the answer to cyber security issues. People, not technology, are behind emerging cyber risks. Understanding this brings to light that cyber protection is not a battle of technology against technology, but people against people. Based on this, a new approach is required - one that balances business risk with the cost of creating defenses that can change as quickly and often as attackers can. Readers will find here a ready resource for understanding the why and how of cyber risks, and will be better able to defend themselves and their businesses against them in the future.
About the Author
Brian Minick is the Co-Founder and CEO of Morphick Cyber Security. At Morphick, Brian delivers products and managed services that enable Morphick customers to address emerging cyber risks. As the security industry shifts to address the changing landscape, the Morphick team is leading the way by delivering innovative products and services that enable customers to implement intelligent analysis and Moprhick defense based security programs that help businesses prevent, detect and mitigate loss resulting from cyber assaults.
Brian brings over 15 years of diverse information technology and cyber security leadership and experience to this position. Before founding Morphick, he held the title of Chief Information Security Officer at General Electric's Aviation, Energy and Transportation businesses where he was responsible for developing and implementing advanced cyber-security strategies. His approach was integral to protecting the strategy, growth and resources of a multi-billion-dollar, worldwide corporation.
His experience at GE afforded him the opportunity to study cyber security from multiple perspectives including prevention, detection and breech remediation. In addition, he led efforts to implement protocols for mitigating advanced persistent threats for an organization of more than 135,000 employees worldwide.
Brian oversaw the implementation of security strategies that required multi-industry collaboration, regulatory compliance planning and management of infrastructure obsolescence.
Brian also served as the Infrastructure Design Leader at GE where he was responsible for server, storage and network design strategies. He was a Six Sigma quality leader and a graduate of the GE Information Management Leadership Program.
