Better Executive Communication and Expectation Management
There is an existential communication and expectation gap between executives and cyber security.
Today, the C-Suite and Board aren’t sure what they get for their cybersecurity investment.
They’re not sure what good looks like.
They’re not sure what the right security roadmap and budget looks like.
Consequently, they struggle to show fiduciary duty against cyber threats.
And can face challenges of the opportunity cost of the cyber security budget.
CISOs face a myriad of challenges:
- Showing meaningful benefit security delivered with existing investment.
- Gaining and maintaining buy-in for the security roadmap, resources, and budget they want.
- Succumbing to being just a ‘compliance CISO’ – but showing alignment and compliance to security frameworks.
- Controlling their liablity for cyber breach regardless of their funding levels.
- Demonstrating progress towards objectives and that teams are accountable and efficient.
Establishing Consensus Between the CISO, C-Suite and Board
A. Setting Outcome Expectations and Establishing the Plans to Deliver It
The jargon of ‘the security stuff already implemented’ will be translated into a powerful picture of cyber security performance vs. cyber risk exposure that cyber security has already achieved with existing investment. This will revolutionize how executives perceive the benefit of cyber security.
Cyber risk exposure outcome choices will be presented in this visual format for executives to choose.
Each outcome choice will have its own suite of strategic roadmaps, tactical action plans, and resource and budget requirements.
Executives simply choose which outcome they want and the CISO can lead delivery of that.
If investment, the business, or the threat landscape materially changes, outcomes and budgets can be remodelled, presented, and revised accordingly.
This process ensures the CISO isn’t liable for cyber risk they weren’t funded to effectively handle.
B. Manage Roadmap Execution, Analyze and Report Progress
Increase visibility and accountability of resources as progress is made through the milestones of the tactical action plan – so you have an audit trail of who did what, where, when, how, and why.
Implement critical metrics and assess performance and progress at anytime – to discover top and under performers, duplication of effort, and to leverage economies of scale.
Produce tailored reports from Board to technical operations – including targeted content for the CEO & Board, CFO, COO, CIO, Legal, IT, HR, Risk, Compliance, and Audit. As well as management and technical reports for security controls and delivery teams.
This process ensures the CISO is in control of resource accountability and security asset visibility – as they deliver the C-Suite and Board’s chosen outcomes.
Getting Started is Easy
Cyberseconomics technology and services options can get you results quickly – in days to weeks.
Our approach is designed to right-size, adapt, and scale to your unique needs so you can focus on what matters most.
We can quickly identify areas of strength and prioritize areas that need more attention.
Your initial, getting started, experience will be much like that of a typical security controls assessment. However, the results will be magnitudes more valuable.
Cyberseconomics HQBE SaaS
We build a better, integrated model of your your unique business, threat, security, and risk environment. And produce a powerful, structured, picture of your security and risk reality – from executive level outcomes down to security controls capability.
To do this, it was necessary to include critical contexts and metrics missing from existing assessments, frameworks, and technologies.
We made this easy by implementing it in our HQBE SaaS platform. It’s the time saving, analytics engine, that’s the real star here.
Communicate with the C-Suite in Business Terms
Translate the jargon of ‘doing security’ into real-world protection and cyber risk exposure narratives that actually resonate with Executives.
Model Protection Outcomes
Enable Executives to choose 'what good looks like' to them so they can easily show fiduciary duty and defend the opportunity cost of the security budget.
Correlate Budgets to Outcomes
To ensure the CISO isn't liable for cyber risk they weren't funded to effectively handle.
Guide, Track, and Optimize Delivery
With a comprehensive suite of metrics, assessments, and analytics tools; and centralize the visibility and accountability of security deliverables and assets.