Avoiding a Culture Clash: How to Harmonize Security Practices with Organizational Values

SANS Security Awareness: Managing Human Risk Summit 2024

Avoiding a Culture Clash: How to Harmonize Security Practices with Organizational Values

Speakers:
Amy Herbert, Human Performance Specialist, Accenture
Jennifer Bliss, Information Security Innovation Team Lead, Accenture

Get ready to revolutionize your approach to security culture in this action-packed presentation! Join us as we unravel the intricate interplay between security practices and organizational values. Through engaging exercises and captivating discussions, attendees will gain insights to the key cultural factors that should shape security strategies within their organization.

The session will begin with an immersive exercise designed to uncover if there are any current contradictions between security protocols and the cherished values of an organization. For example, attendees will reflect on if current security measures feel more like punishment while the rest of the organization thrives on rewards.

Then, presenters will share how they drove adoption of security practices across diverse organizational cultures – from the most conservative to the wildly outgoing. The strategies shared will teach attendees how to win the hearts and minds of people at the companies they work for and are guaranteed to be simple enough that they can be implemented as soon as attendees return to work from the conference.

By the conclusion of this session, attendees will be equipped with clear, actionable steps on how to kickstart and sustain the epic journey of harmonizing security practices with the beat of every organization – its values.