Why you need risk culture in cyber
Most post-mortems trace back to the exact cause: human drift. Someone knew but stayed quiet. Another acted alone. The solution isn’t more rules; it’s a mindset that sees risk as everyone’s job. Risk culture aligns values, incentives and decisions, reinforced by transparent governance. In VUCAD conditions, it shifts behavior from blind compliance to fast, ethical judgment, replacing box-ticking with honesty, accountability and informed action when it matters most.
Two payoffs stand out. First, faster detection through open reporting and psychological safety. Second, better choices under ambiguity because you balance taking risk with controlling it, which the standard calls dynamic risk equilibrium.
The 10 dimensions, translated for cybersecurity
The ORCS framework defines ten dimensions. Treat them as a system. Each one is distinct; together they are complete.
