Security leader draws risk lessons from a cancer diagnosis
Original title: When Risk Becomes Personal: What Security Leaders Can Learn From a Cancer Diagnosis
The essay uses a stage-three prostate cancer case to argue for preparation, disclosure, and recovery time.
A risk-management leader describes a stage-three prostate cancer diagnosis found after a routine PSA test, with no symptoms or known family history. The essay compares questioning medical plans with challenging supplier assurances and default configurations, and argues that cyber resilience depends on routines, rest, and support rather than constant availability. It also urges men to discuss personal prostate-cancer risk and PSA testing with a clinician. No security incident, vulnerability, or product issue is reported.
- The writer prepared for a stated 37-week radiotherapy course.
- Suggested workplace support includes time off, flexible hours, and adjusted duties.
- The author says health and cybersecurity are not interchangeable.
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Risk managers are trained to spot weak signals, plan for disruption and make hard decisions under uncertainty. But the discipline looks different when the risk is not a system or an enterprise, but you. The post When Risk Becomes Personal: What Security Leaders Can Learn From a Cancer Diagnosis appeared first on SecurityWeek.
By Steve Durbin · securityweek.com
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