There is nothing like a crisis to create a sense of urgency and spawn actions. This is especially true for enterprise IT teams, who are tasked with new responsibilities and critical decisions.

Speed matters in the heat of the moment and many leaders may not take the necessary steps to assess the risk of their decisions in order to mitigate the crisis quickly. When processes are rushed, security concerns and other gaps in the system move to the front and center. Balancing speed vs. security can be a difficult tightrope to walk in the moment.