As hacking incidents occur left and right, data security is traveling quickly up the priority lists of corporate boards. Addressing this emerging risk area is often a challenge for directors, as not many bring a lot of previous knowledge to the boardroom about how to fight off cybercrime.
These trends are placing more pressure on the company’s risk managers, such as its chief information security officer or in-house counsel, to do a good job of presenting the company’s security stance to the board. But this is harder than it looks. According to a recent report from the cybersecurity firm Bay Dynamics, there are plenty of mistakes made in these presentations. But, fortunately, there are also some guidelines that can help make boardroom conversations on information security more productive.
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