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7 Cyber risk stakeholders and why they matter

Heres the new reality in cyber risk management: Its no longer just an IT issue. Meet the seven key stakeholders other than the IT professionals to consider as you look at your cyber risk management strategy.

By Thomas Reagan | Updated on September 25, 2015

Imagine you’re the CFO at a firm involved in sensitive merger or acquisition discussions with your bankers and you receive an email asking for a small bit of nonpublic information on your company, the kind you’ve passed on before. You send the information—and later find you were the victim of a sophisticated cyber-attack.

Now imagine you’re in charge of operations at a manufacturing facility. Out of the blue, your employees report that they have lost control of key systems. It’s impossible to shut down a blast furnace correctly, endangering the safety of employees and others and threatening massive damage. You, too, have been the subject of a cyber attack.

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