For years, cybersecurity was treated as a technical problem — something delegated to IT, managed quietly in the background, and addressed with vague references to “best practices.” I have spent enough time inside SEC-registered firms to know how common that mindset was. That era is over.
What I see today is a regulatory environment that no longer tolerates ambiguity. Cybersecurity is no longer an operational afterthought. It is an executive liability issue. For senior leadership, the choice is becoming increasingly clear: maintain professional standing and freedom, or accept personal exposure when things go wrong.
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