Recent ransomware attacks on UK retail giants like Marks and Spencer, the Co-Op, and Harrods reveal glaring vulnerabilities in corporate cybersecurity. The persistence of these attacks suggests a profound systemic failure within the industry, compounded by organizational reluctance to openly discuss security flaws. Thereâs an ironic twist as the industry continues to react with silence and damage control instead of transparency and collaboration. Until companies acknowledge and confront their cybersecurity shortcomings, the cycle of attack and response will likely persist, echoing the struggles of addiction recovery in the corporate world.
The bare fact that entire sectors remain exquisitely vulnerable to what is, by now, a very familiar form of attack is a diagnostic of systematic failure in the way such sectors are run.
This isn't part of the problem, it is the problem. Like alcoholics, organizations cannot get better until they admit, confront, and work with others to mitigate the compulsions that bring them low.
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