Bill Wosilius is vice president and general manager of technology solutions at Optiv, a global security solutions integrator that helps organizations plan, build and run successful cyber security programs. His role delivering security consulting solutions to Fortune 500 clients combines 20 years of senior leadership in the IT and information security industries with prior service as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Air Force where he participated in the F-22 aircraft development program.
Whenever there’s a data breach, it’s easy to get caught up in the root cause analysis – a misconfigured device, an unpatched application, an employee falling for a phishing attack, you name it. But really, the root causes of most breaches are not these moment-in-time errors. Instead, they are almost always shortsighted decisions made well before the breach ever occurs.
