The Cybersecurity Playbook: Building Effective Attack And Breach Preparedness*

“Data security issues are no longer just an IT Department concern. Indeed, they have become a matter of corporate survival…”²

Introduction

With the most significant of cyberattacks resulting in millions of dollars in harm, irreparable damage to a company's brand, and key executives getting fired, organizations must begin to prepare for what most experts think is the inevitable breach. And yet, when it comes to cybersecurity, many still think of it like physical security: a matter for professionals to handle by fencing in a campus perimeter, putting the most important entry points under lock and key, and assigning someone to monitor the video surveillance.

But cybersecurity does not work like physical security. You might be able to station someone at every door and hallway in a building and manage the traffic of all persons and materials, like the arena security guards at a professional basketball game. Unlike a sports arena, however, every single one of us and ev