Negotiating with the Board: Translating Active Risk into Financial Exposure

Security leaders rarely struggle to produce data. The challenge is turning that data into something the board can use to make decisions. Walk into a board meeting with a slide showing 1,200 critical vulnerabilities and 44 internet-facing assets, and you will likely see polite acknowledgment rathe...

Redefining Cyber Value: Why Business Impact Should Lead the Security Conversation

Security teams face growing demands with more tools, more data, and higher expectations than ever. Boards approve large security budgets, yet still ask the same question: what is the business getting in return? CISOs respond with reports on controls and vulnerability counts – but executives want ...

Ransomware Gangs Target Corporate Financial Activities

Ransomware gangs are zeroing in on publicly held companies with the threat of financial exposure in an effort to encourage ransom payments, the FBI is warning. In an alert issued this week PDF, the Bureau said that activity over the course of the past year shows a trend toward targeting companies...