Cybersecurity Is Essential to ESG and Corporate Governance: Make cybersecurity part of your approach to ESG.

• Author: Vinish, Erica
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While there may not be a C in ESG, the increasingly digital landscape of business is proving that you can't have a complete appreciation of environmental, social and corporate governance concerns without extensive knowledge and understanding of cybersecurity.

CYBERSECURITY'S ROLE IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Environmental, social and corporate governance concerns are top of mind for organizations and their stakeholders. Those stakeholders are not just investors. Organizations have experienced an uptick in ESG-related inquiries from clients, employees, recruits, debt ratings agencies and the media. While environmental and social topics are front and center, there is a crucial element that is being overlooked, and it carries significant risk if not properly addressed: cybersecurity.

Traditional corporate...