Jeżeli wydaje ci się, że wszystko jest pod kontrolą, to na pewno nie jedziesz wystarczająco szybko.
If you think everything is under control, it certainly is not going fast enough.
Mario Andretti,Formula 1 Driver
I saw this quote today and I was reminded of a takeaway  from Andy Grove’s book – “Only the paranoid succeed”. A central theme in decision making is  that it’s much better to take a decision earlier rather than later – bad decisions can be fixed but no decision and inaction cannot be fixed.
This is one of the most frustrating things in the world of  data security in a down market, customers not taking decisions and getting a beating from trusted insider attacks. After a major RIF, a firm may say that it doesnt have money nor resources for data loss prevention yet – literally in broad daylight – intellectual property, customer records and confidential company documents are being leaked by employees.  In order to get past this energy barrier of indifference ask yourself these 5 questions:

1. What is your most valuable data?
2. Where is the data located?
3. Who uses it, what do they do with it?
4. What is the biggest threat?
5. What security controls are you looking for?