Align Your Security Career for Future Success

Security professionals who look to advance their careers in the future will often present their past successes as an indicator of achievement of equivalent results with a new organization. The measurement of knowledge together with how one shows characteristics and competencies does have merit. However, it also assumes that the problems and risks faced previously will be the same in the future.

Historical knowledge and analysis are definite benefits if they are adaptable. The underlying factors that influence future security risks are far more complex. Security practitioners will need an understanding of the internal and external cognitive risks facing organizations.

The five key areas of risk facing all organizations are typically Compliance, Operational, Strategic, Financial and Reputational. Many security leaders build their programs’ efforts surrounding response in aiding their organization’s operating units in minimizing these.

These areas do need to be recognized and addressed. However, as we consider the changing role of security’s support of their internal customers, the predictive analysis of human behavior driven by societal and technological factors increasingly needs to be factored into prevention and awareness efforts.

This can be viewed as cognitive security risk, the underpinnings of which are driven by the human element. To effectively address it will require a multi-disciplined approach.

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