Building Security Culture: Language, Mission, and Partnership

if you establish a common set of capabilities with using common language, common taxonomy, that goes a long way in bringing everybody to the same understanding of what is being done and what will be required. But then the second level of thing that unifies the internal groups in the organization is always tie everything to your business and customers. Think about customers. You know? I I work for the company that, you know, developed the security system for the schools, and and they are dominant in in in North America in all the school, whether it's access control systems or video surveillance or other things called the safety security of of the schools. When when I talk even for internally as a security leader, when I'm trying to talk to product groups to do something about security, additional work. I always bring in not just a, say, the hardware and cloud and mobile app. I talk about the school and who are we protecting the kids. So you always try to your mission of the company, your customers, and business. That goes a long way in bringing various groups within the company together. It's been successful. That third thing I've noticed is if you are a security professional, a security product security person, don't go to engineering and product as if you are know it all, police, or enforcer. Because engineers are very smart creatures. They they find to work around you if you go in with that attitude. My suggestion and research is tested that that that the process that work is go as a partner. Say that, hey. I know you guys are trying to do good things for the customer, for for our market, for our company. I'm here to help you do it better, maybe hopefully faster with lesser effort because that's music to ears for engineers. They're already loaded hundred twenty five percent of their capability.