[Podcast] 14.The Boardroom Blind Spot: Why Cyber Risk Is Not Just an IT Problem

When something goes wrong with a company’s data or systems, who gets called into the room first, IT or the board? For most businesses it’s still IT. Is that the right instinct? In this episode of the Grant Thornton Uganda Podcast, host Precious Kasemiire sits down with Satyajit Turumella, IT Advisory Director at Grant Thornton Advisory East Africa, to explain why cyber risk belongs in the boardroom, and what leaders should be doing about it now. We cover: 🔹 Why cyber risk is a leadership issue, not just an IT issue 🔹 What it costs a business when the board treats cyber as “someone else’s department” 🔹 What a cyber-aware audit sees that a traditional financial audit doesn’t 🔹 The first uncomfortable question every board should ask its IT team 🔹 Whether Uganda’s risk thinking is keeping pace with fintech, mobile money, and a fast-growing digital economy 🔹 A practical, unglamorous first step any business can take this year 🔹 The security assumptions that most often turn out to be wrong 🔹 Lessons from Kenya’s digital journey that Uganda can borrow, and pitfalls it can avoid 🔹 Rapid-fire: the one habit every leader should build in the next 12 months This is a candid conversation for board members, CEOs, CFOs, and risk and IT leaders across East Africa. If you’d like to understand how exposed your business really is, the Grant Thornton team can help you build digital trust from the top down. 📩 Reach us:info@ug.gt.com 🔔 Follow the series so you don’t miss the next episode. #GrantThornton #CyberSecurity #CyberRisk #ITAdvisory #DigitalTrust #BoardGovernance #UgandaBusiness #ThoughtLeadership