Seriously? More Framework Bullshit.

Right, so apparently everyone’s realized the old cybersecurity frameworks – NIST, ISO 27001, blah blah blah – aren’t cutting it anymore. Shocking, I know. They were built for *yesterday’s* threats and are now just checklists that give you a false sense of security while actual attackers laugh their asses off.

The gist? Companies need to move from “compliance-based” risk management (tick boxes!) to something actually dynamic. They want “cyber risk quantification” – basically, putting numbers on how much damage things will cost when they inevitably go tits up. And it’s not just about the tech anymore; it’s about understanding your *business* and what really matters. Like, shockingly, revenue and critical services.

They bleat on about using data analytics, threat intelligence (as if that’s new), and continuous monitoring to actually see what risks are changing in real-time. Oh, and apparently “scenario planning” is a thing now? Like you haven’t thought about how things could go wrong before? Idiots.

The article also whines about skills gaps (surprise!) and the need for better communication between security teams and… *gasp* …the rest of the company. Like explaining technical shit to non-technical people isn’t a daily exercise in futility.

Basically, it’s all common sense dressed up as revolutionary insight. Spend less time pretending you’re secure and more time actually figuring out what will break you. And for fuck’s sake, stop relying on frameworks like they’re magic shields.

Source: https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/transforming-cyber-frameworks-cyber-risk

    Anecdote time: I once had a client who was “fully compliant” with PCI DSS. Fully. Compliant. They still got breached because some idiot clicked on a phishing link. Compliance doesn’t equal security, you morons. It equals paperwork and a nice little pat on the back from an auditor before everything goes to hell.

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