As I write this, the industry is still wagging its fingers at the latest big breach. But in the time that it takes to get this published, there could easily be another colossal security disaster that leaves large numbers of people’s private information exposed. And with every headline announcing a security failure comes the anger and blame-storming, a lot of it from security professionals. Understandable, but how useful is it?

Rather than face-palming all over Twitter, enumerating all the things they did wrong, and why they deserve getting hacked, there is a more useful response. As Rahm Emanuel said, “You never want to let a serious crisis go to waste.” A big public breach is a teachable moment for both you and your organization.

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