During the ISC2 Security Congress 2024, an IT security and compliance analyst, Ralph Villanueva, shared seven habits for effective professionals, including understanding business objectives, studying risks, knowing key players, recognizing strengths and weaknesses, communicating compliance requirements, being prepared for pushback, and adopting a positive attitude to make a difference. The event aimed to address industry challenges and best practices for reducing business risks. Villanueva emphasized the importance of overcoming roadblocks like departmental silos, lack of cybersecurity prioritization from executives, technology overreliance, and the need for monitoring third-party risks
He suggested focusing on the big picture, emphasizing the three-legged stool of people, process, and technology, having frequent meetings to align teams, increasing board involvement, and monitoring third-party risk as key strategies to apply the habits in businesses. ```https://www.techrepublic.com/article/isc2-security-compliance-habits/