Presenting to the board

Presenting to the board is one of the core functions of a CISO executive in an organization. A CISO in this day and age is a top management official who needs to interact with top management and be included in the long-term and strategic planning of a business. The reason for this inclusion in planning strategies is that cybersecurity has become a huge determinant in investment decisions and a business investment can be rejected based on the cybersecurity risk it will present to an organization. The threat landscape also keeps evolving, requiring cybersecurity teams to be alert to changes and initiatives that counteract the changing threat landscape and risks to organizations.

The board of directors has the final say on huge capital investments and outlays in an organization. The CISO and the security team need resources to implement their security initiatives, so the CISO will need to convince the board to support these initiatives. In cases where changes...