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The truth is that in today’s hyperconnected world, maturity-based cybersecurity programs are no longer adequate for combatting cyberrisks. A more strategic, risk-based approach is imperative for effective and efficient risk management (Exhibit 2).

Now, let's think about this example in terms of cybersecurity.Your organization uses the NIST cybersecurity framework as a scoreboardto say, here's where we are in terms of our cyber maturity score.We think the attackers are currently ahead of us, and we need to increaseour maturity on these three important items before the end of the year.And if w