Building a robust security culture is central creating a successful security strategy within any organization. Here, I had the opportunity to discuss with two industry leaders — Kirsten Provence, Executive Director Security Programs & Governance at Kaiser Permanente, and Kristine Raad, Chief Security Officer at General Motors, their approaches to security and creating a positive culture from the top down.

“It really doesn’t matter what industry you’re in, security is everyone’s responsibility. However, you can’t just say that and not give people the tools to drive security and resiliency,” says Provence. “People, at their core, want to be empowered, and by providing them with some key components to enable them to be a security ambassador, an organization is essentially scaling its security apparatus by a huge magnitude.”