- Board-level presentations are a rare opportunity for Security and the Business to understand each other’s viewpoints and the things they care about, and metrics are a good way of quantifying successes and shortcomings.
- But because both sides think in different terms, reaching this understanding can be easier said than done. In effect, there is a language gap between the Business and Security that can have a detrimental effect on business-security alignment.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- Out of all the metrics your security program tracks, how do you decide which ones are important enough to share with the board?
- Once you’ve made that decision, how will you explain those metrics in terms that will be meaningful to the board?
- The best way is to aggregate your individual, low-level metrics into larger groups that are easily digestible by the board.
Impact and Result
- Learn to view your individual metrics as component parts in a larger story about your organization’s security posture.
- Decide what message the business needs to hear in order to appreciate the security program’s successes and areas for improvement.
- Strategize ways of using those groups to tell a broader story about risk, allowing you to bridge the language gap between security and business leaders.
Member Testimonials
After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this blueprint and what our clients have to say.
Client
Experience
Impact
$ Saved
Days Saved
YHA New Zealand
Guided Implementation
10/10
$10,000
10
No worst parts, I enjoyed working with Logan on this project and found his input invaluable.
City of Durham
Guided Implementation
9/10
N/A
N/A
Logan communicated very effectively and made sure the discussion provided value and met my objective.
Sherritt International Corporation
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
20
Excellent advise on designing Cyber Security dashboard.
Ontario Pension Board
Guided Implementation
9/10
$20,500
10
Best - discovered other tools that were more appropriate during our discussions Worst - realized that I don't have time to do all the things I'd l... Read More
Shared Services Canada
Guided Implementation
10/10
$1,000
5