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Why cybersecurity becomes performative rather than protective

My boss keeps asking me to prioritize security projects based on which ones will look good in presentations to executives rather than which ones actually reduce our risk exposure.

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Your boss wants your security work to look impressive instead of actually keeping things safe.

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