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How One Industry Exemplifies the Importance Of Cybersecurity

In Critical Infrastructure Assurance – And What We Can Learn

From It

By Brian Hesse, Partner, and CEO of PerenniAL

Summary

Cybersecurity professionals, as with virtually every other organizational function, are always challenged
to respond to competing and conflicting imperatives. Based on the author’s more than 25 years of
experience of management in the aluminum industry, this article sets out replicable ways of dealing with
and harmonizing competing priorities. Starting from a top-down view, and then identifying specific threats
and challenges, the conclusions reflect the general application of actionable information for managing
risk and achieving cybersecurity compliance and efficiency.

Critical Infrastructure and the Role of Aluminum

Currently within the purview of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its subsidiary the Critical
Infrastructure Security and Resilience Agency (CISA), the designation of 16 sectors of critical
infrastructure and the responsibility for assuring their security and resilience encompass nearly every
vital economic activity.

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