Communicating with the Board of Directors

Key takeaways from an IT security leaders roundtable

Recent data clearly demonstrates an increased awareness of cybersecurity risk among boards of directors nationwide, and most boards have the topic on their agendas.

For many Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), this means that reporting to the board is now a requirement of the job and even necessary to secure support for top priorities.

Yet with no universal standard available, security leaders are presented with a sizable challenge. They must explain the strategy for protecting digital assets and minimizing the impact of cyberattacks in a language the board can understand, monitor and measure over time. What follows is a set of key cybersecurity recommendations shared by experienced CTOs, CIOs and CISOs at a recent SecureWorks IT Security Leaders Roundtable.

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We generate around 2 billion events each month. With Secureworks, we are able to crunch down that number to 20-30 high fidelity alerts — and that makes my team's job much easier.

Sunil Saale, Head of Cyber and Information Security, Minter Ellison

The level of specificity and actionable intelligence that accompanies Secureworks critical alerts helps us pinpoint and remediate a problem so much faster.

Joe Barnett, Chief Technology Officer, Frenship ISD

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