His first presentation to the Board in a previous position was a painful flop — he lost them with geeky technical stats on cybersecurity. Learn how Elias Oxendine IV turned it around the next time by speaking the Board’s language.
Key Takeaways
Boards don’t care how many vulns you patch. Talk to them in quantitative terms of risk and financial impact.
Build allies among Board members before you present. Elias recruited a former CIO on the board as coach.
Spread that Board-level view to your entire team; get them thinking in terms of cyber risk as business risk.