“Hard times create strong people.”
“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”
Maybe you’ve whispered these mantras to yourself in the aftermath of a personal setback at home or work. We’ve all heard some take on this expression, but the sentiment is always the same: Failing doesn’t feel good in the moment, but it’s possible to appreciate failure as a lesson in overcoming adversity. To put it simply, you have to fail in order to get better.
But what if the stakes for failure mean more than another checkmark under the “loss” column?
This is the predicament faced by organizations every day when it comes to cybersecurity. At best, failure means an embarrassing and inconvenient organizational disruption. At worst, it means a catastrophic loss of records and loss of business.
Failure, it would seem, is not…