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Security as a Business Enabler

Is your security function a Blocker, a Trusted Service or a Strategic Enabler? 


Find out in 18 questions – and get a personalised results email that tells you what to do next. 


18 questions · 10–12 minutes · personalised results by email · free 

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Three levels. One journey.

 

Every security function sits somewhere on the same path. A Blocker is reactive, compliance-driven and experienced by the business as the department of no. A Trusted Service is proactive and collaborative – a partner that helps the business meet shared goals and is measured on reliability and customer trust. A Strategic Enabler has a seat at the table: security is embedded in strategy and product design, its value is measured in business terms, and it is a reason the organisation can pursue opportunities competitors cannot.


The assessment places your function on that path – overall, and on each of the six dimensions that decide where you sit.

A results email you can act on

 

Within minutes of submitting you receive a personalised results email containing:

  • Your overall maturity level, from Blocker to Strategic Enabler
  • Six dimension scores, each with a named state that describes where that dimension sits
  • Your scores against the three objectives of the course: reposition security, drive business value, enable cultural change
  • One recommendation – the single move that unlocks the most value at your level
  • Your lowest-scoring dimension, what to do about it, and where the course addresses it
  • Your own 30-day commitment, echoed back so you have it in writing

The six dimensions

Strategic Alignment

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

Strategic Alignment

 Does security have a seat at the table? 

Value & Metrics

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

Strategic Alignment

 Can you prove that security pays? 

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

 Does the business understand you – and want to work with you? 

Culture & Mindset

Risk Posture & Investment Balance

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

 Whose job is security? 

Risk Posture & Investment Balance

Risk Posture & Investment Balance

Risk Posture & Investment Balance

 Do you manage risk, or react to it? 

Enablement & Adaptability

Risk Posture & Investment Balance

Risk Posture & Investment Balance

 Does security speed the business up, or slow it down? 

Who should take it

 

CISOs and heads of security or controls who want an honest reading of how the business sees them. Risk, audit and compliance leaders. IT and technology leaders who own the security function. And business leaders who depend on it.


The most useful result comes from comparison: take it yourself, then ask two business stakeholders to take it about your function. Where their answers differ from yours is where the work is.

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Then take it further

 Digital Enterprise Resilience: Reframing Security as a Strategic Enabler is a two-hour interactive session for security, risk and technology leaders, designed by CaroKahn Research Labs and delivered with Turnkey Consulting. It works through the maturity model, value engineering and benefits realisation, stakeholder management and communication, and closes with a personal action plan. Your assessment results are the starting point. 

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Your results are emailed to you and to no one else. Responses are held by CaroKahn Ltd and used to produce your results and, in aggregate, to improve the assessment. Individual responses are not shared with Turnkey Consulting or any other party. See Privacy – Assessments for the full statement. 


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