(2024) - Lynore Close - Not Your Average Cyber Strategy: Tying in Co-design

Why co-design matters

Lynore Close argues cybersecurity strategy must move beyond technical silos amid burnout, skills shortages, board communication gaps, and diversity challenges. Qualified talent often already exists outside security teams.

Co-design defined

Co-design is a collaborative, iterative, human-centric model pairing security with cyber-adjacent stakeholders to understand real problems, improve outcomes, and avoid token consultation. Principles include outcomes focus, inclusivity, participation, respect, and adaptability.

Change frameworks

She links co-design to social learning theory and Kotter's eight-step change model—urgency, coalition, vision, empowerment, quick wins, and sustaining change. Security wins by understanding why people work insecurely, building trust, and creating champions rather than dictating fixes.