If You Don’t Eat Yer Meat, You Can’t Have Any Pudding

Pink Floyd wasn’t singing about cybersecurity, but their lyrics do offer us some advice. In business terms, I like to think the “meat” is doing the foundational work, understanding the environment and taking the essential steps to secure it. The “pudding” is the reward, confidence that the organisation is resilient, prepared, and able to recover when disruptions occur.

We can be tempted to focus on advanced solutions and emerging technologies, but too often the basics are overlooked. A strong cybersecurity posture is not built on promises, it’s built on proof.

• Visibility is critical – You can’t manage risks you don’t fully understand. Having a complete picture of your digital environment, systems, users, and data flows, is the starting point for informed decision making.

• Controls must work as intended – It’s not enough to deploy measures like multi-factor authentication or data backups, they must be implemented correctly, tested regularly, and verified for effectiveness.

• Resilience is the goal – No organization can prevent every attack. But those with disciplined foundations can contain incidents, reduce their impact, and recover faster, protecting both operations and reputation.

  
  

Ultimately, cybersecurity maturity is less about products and more about building trust in your own capabilities. Once leadership can say with confidence, “We know where we are, we know our safeguards work, and we can recover if something happens,” then the organisation has earned its pudding: resilience, customer trust, and long-term business stability.

Cybersecurity isn’t just an IT problem; it’s a business enabler. But first, ‘Ye huv tae eat yer meat’.