Ivor Padlock - Chief Security Officer

Age: 51

Skills: Security of company premises

Scope: Organization-wide

Job:

• Ivor is responsible for the company’s security. This includes the physical security of the research labs, offices and manufacturing plant along with the security of information.
• He is not a deep IT expert, but works with the IT Operations team to review and improve their procedures.

Thinks/Feels:

• Ivor believes that cyber-security is one of the most critical issues threatening the business today.
• He worries at his lack of expertise in this area.
• He sees the threat from rogue employees as big an issue as attacks from outside.

Hears:

• Complacency about the security of information.

Says/Does:

• Ivor has instigated greater monitoring of employees activity, coupled with education sessions on the proper protection of information.

Sees:

• Open access to large parts of the company’s data, critical research reports left on desks, sharing of passwords and machines.

Top challenges:

• To establish a sense of personal responsibility for the protection of data at all levels in the company.
• To automate as much of the protection of information as possible whilst still enabling flexibility in the use of information.

Desired Outcome:

• Data/information is properly protected so it is only used for approved purposes.

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