Business strategy or cybersecurity? Do you have to choose?

Your IT department handles diverse responsibilities — from routine support tasks to large-scale infrastructure projects — that directly enable your organization’s strategic objectives. However, IT departments rarely participate in establishing business strategy or determining organizational risk tolerance.

The challenge emerges when the same team implementing technical solutions must also secure those systems through controls. These decisions extend beyond security considerations to impact productivity and profitability.

The Misalignment Problem

Many organizations fail to recognize that cybersecurity controls require alignment with business objectives and that company risk appetite should guide control implementation. When breaches occur, executives typically direct inquiries to IT departments, despite security being fundamentally interconnected with business strategy.

This misalignment in understanding the role of security and risk management has led to a state of security heavily biased towards technical controls. This approach concentrates solutions on technological remediation rather than integrated, strategic risk management.

A Complex Challenge

The information security landscape evolved gradually through accumulated innovations creating today’s interconnected technological ecosystem. Individual innovations remain manageable independently, but their integration into complex, rapidly expanding networks — constantly incorporating untested or inadequately secured additions — produces overwhelming challenges.

A Balanced Framework

Information security comprises three essential elements: people, process, and technology. Expecting IT professionals alone to address all security concerns oversimplifies this multifaceted challenge.

At Praxis, the focus centers on balancing these three dimensions, helping organizations leverage people, process, and technology together to reduce risk, minimize friction, and strengthen security.