Before the recent pandemic, many executives began appreciating the risks and opportunities associated with cybersecurity. A 2019 survey on cybersecurity priorities from Optiv Security found that 96% of CISOs are taking “a more strategic approach to cybersecurity,” and many were even willing to slow business development to account for cybersecurity-related risks.

This was great news as the costs and consequences of a data breach continued to grow. Unfortunately, the pandemic made their job much more difficult and forced companies to execute these priorities in an entirely novel environment.