Why You Need to Understand Your Cybersecurity Posture Before Fixing the "Obvious"
By Mike Saxton – CRO MyCISO
It’s a scenario I see too often.
A well-meaning executive sees something that looks broken no MFA, outdated software, no policy on USBs and jumps straight to fixing it. It feels logical, even urgent. But while quick wins are tempting, they're often distractions from the deeper, systemic issues that pose far greater risks to your organisation.
In cybersecurity, fixing the obvious before understanding your overall posture is like patching a leaky tap while your foundation is cracking. You may feel productive, but you haven’t addressed what could bring the whole house down.
What Is Cybersecurity Posture – and Why Does It Matter?
Your cybersecurity posture is the complete picture of how well your organisation can protect itself from cyber threats. It includes your policies, people, technology, supply chain exposure, employee awareness, response plans, and how all of that aligns with your actual business risk and regulatory requirements.
It’s the strategic lens you need to:
Without understanding your posture, you’re guessing. And guessing in cyber is expensive.
The Risk of “Obvious-First” Thinking
At MyCISO, we’ve worked with dozens of organisations who initially tried to solve security through intuition and reaction—before realising the need for a structured view. Here’s what we consistently see when people skip the posture assessment:
What Leading Organisations Are Doing Instead
Take one of our FSI Customers in the Investment Management space. They needed to demonstrate maturity to external stakeholders and regulators. Instead of just fixing controls, they used MyCISO SecurityOS to map their entire posture across frameworks, suppliers, and human factors. This allowed them to confidently prioritise what mattered most to protect their brand and their investors.
Or a Customer in the NFP arena, sadly a big target for Cybercrime, who partnered with InfoTrust and MyCISO to fast-track the understanding of their security baseline. They found several high-impact areas that weren’t on the radar, which led to a much stronger strategy for uplift, funding, and Board reporting.
And one of the largest Construction Engineering firms in Australia, who realised that identifying posture gaps allowed them to focus on delivery, manage costs, and avoid redundant spend on tech that didn't match their maturity stage.
A Better Way Forward
Before you implement another tool, write another policy, or run more awareness training—stop. Step back.
Ask:
With the SecurityOS platform by MyCISO, this isn’t a one-and-done consulting project. It’s a real-time platform that gives you an actionable, business-aligned roadmap in hours not months and keeps it current.
Fix the Right Things First. Then Fix the Rest.
Cybersecurity isn't about ticking boxes. It’s about protecting what matters. But to do that, you must first understand where you stand.
If you want to stop guessing and start acting strategically, I’d love to show you how MyCISO SecurityOS can give you that clarity.
Let’s chat.
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1moSome good points here. I always used to say Security leaders get stuck tackling the noisiest gaps first, instead the gaps which provided great risk reduction. This might mean adding more layers to an already secure enough network edge, or beefing up I&AM, but what was really needed is better IR readiness, documented roles and responsibilities, or configuration management? A mechanism that drives decision making on data instead of noise removes the ambiguity.