When a cyber crisis hits, senior executives often face chaos because they lack full, real-time information. They make decisions without knowing all the facts, sever supplier connections blindly, or act based purely on previous crises instead of current reality.
Many leaders focus only on technical fixes. They let IT teams define priorities after a breach, while strategic decision-makers stay reactive. Critical business, legal, reputational, and customer concerns are frequently under-prioritized. Knowing what matters most isn’t just a technical exercise but a leadership responsibility.
Another common error: treating employee and stakeholder communication like a match-fix. The rest of the organization, customers, or vendors often feel they are in the dark. Silence breeds rumors, erodes trust, and can amplify damage exponentially.
Mistake four: letting existing policy documents gather dust. In many organizations, when an incident occurs, executives ignore their own playbooks, plans, or continuity scripts. Crisis policies exist but are unpracticed, unclear, or inconsistently understood across the company.
Then there’s the creativity trap. During incident simulations, executives throw around creative solutions to look agile, but these ideas are untested or unsupported. When the real crisis comes, infrastructure gaps, unknown dependencies, or missing fallback plans mean most ideas fail to scale.
Leaders must treat cyber incident readiness as integral, not optional. Senior leadership should commit to scenario training, rapid decision-dashboards, interdepartment coordination, and regular reviews of continuity documents. Communication plans, internal and external, must be clear and rehearsed.
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