Gaurav Keerthi: Why Most Companies Can’t Afford Cybersecurity

<p>Cybersecurity was built for enterprises. Gaurav Keerthi explains what that leaves behind for the companies without a cyber team, and why their exposure becomes everyone else’s problem.</p><p><br></p><p>Gaurav, CEO of StrongKeep and a cybersecurity leader in the public and private sectors, joins Joe Patti and Adam Roth to break down why smaller organizations are still expected to buy, operate, and manage enterprise-style security. They discuss supply-chain risk, the “hopes and prayers” gap, cybersecurity’s IKEA problem, and what a usable baseline could look like for ordinary companies.</p><p><br></p><p>Episode Takeaways:</p><ul><li>Most organizations do not have a dedicated cybersecurity professional.</li><li>Enterprise security programs cannot fully protect an organization when exposed suppliers remain unprotected.</li><li>Security products need to be simpler, more bundled, and more realistic for companies without specialist teams.</li><li>Doing something proportionate is better than doing nothing while waiting for a perfect plan.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Guest:</p><p>- Gaurav Keerthi, CEO, StrongKeep</p><p>- LinkedIn: <a href="https://sg.linkedin.com/in/gaurav-keerthi" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://sg.linkedin.com/in/gaurav-keerthi</a></p><p>- StrongKeep: <a href="https://www.strongkeep.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.strongkeep.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Resources:</p><p>- CyCon: <a href="https://cycon.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://cycon.org/</a></p><p>- NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence: <a href="https://ccdcoe.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://ccdcoe.org/</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Security Cocktail Hour Podcast:</p><p>- <a href="https://securitycocktailhour.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://securitycocktailhour.com</a></p>