Translating Cyber-Risk For The Boardroom
DARKReading, Thursday, July 24th, 2025
When security leaders embrace this truth and learn to speak in the language of leadership, they don't just protect the enterprise, they help lead it forward.
Cybersecurity is no longer just a technical problem in today's fast-evolving threat landscape, where cyberattacks are growing more frequent, sophisticated, and publicly damaging. Instead, it's an issue that demands enterprisewide alignment.
Yet, many chief information security officers (CISOs) still find themselves speaking a technical language that fails to resonate with other leaders. Technical terms often fall flat in boardrooms more concerned with revenue growth and brand reputation.