When Risk Becomes Personal: What Security Leaders Can Learn From a Cancer Diagnosis
Risk management leaders educate people on measuring exposure, testing assumptions and advising on how best to prepare for incidents they hope won’t occur. They know that the absence of a security alert does not stand for safety; that resilience depends on preparedness, and that a plan is only as good as the people who can execute it.
But when the risk is personal, those ideas take on a heavier meaning.
Receiving a Cancer Diagnosis
I was diagnosed after a routine physical that included a PSA blood test. I had not noticed any symptoms and had no known family history. That raised a few eyebrows and ultimately, a stage-three prostate cancer diagnosis.
My experience is not a case for making a personal health choice or offering clinical advice. That’s far from my wheelhouse. However, it is a helpful framework for a profession that often talks about preparedness, leadership and resilience, but...
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