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A CISO’s Guide to Communicating Risk

White Paper

The Business Value of Cybersecurity

Organizations today are targeted constantly, and the threats increasingly come from trusted identities and credentials; of the breaches reported in 2021, 89% were associated with legitimate users or devices4. And for those companies that haven’t implemented fundamental cybersecurity defenses and incident response processes, the bad luck of encountering a dedicated adversary could ruin their business.

On average, it takes 212 days before a breach is detected. So you have to wonder: How long have we been compromised? What will it take to recover? And above all, how badly will it damage our reputation?

This white paper details key angles of risk communication for CISOs:

• What executives need to understand about the threat landscape
• How to educate leaders on the business consequences of breaches
• Essential elements of an executive incident response
• Why collaboration is key in a crisis
• How CISOs can introduce the “assume breach” mindset to their C-suite peers