Lost in translation: Cybersecurity board reporting for CISOs | TechTarget
Hundreds of security leaders from across industries recently packed a ballroom in National Harbor, Md., to tackle a challenge some consider even more daunting than nation-state hackers or AI-fueled cyber threats: presenting to a company's board members so they understand and appreciate the formidable cybersecurity risks the organization faces.
"How many of you get excited when your annual car insurance premiums come up for renewal?" said Sam Olyaei, a managing vice president at Gartner, during the session at the Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit 2026. "That is how the board has viewed cybersecurity. It's a regulatory thing. It's a checklist. It's an attestation."
Ten years ago, according to Olyaei and Gartner analyst Tom Scholtz, only 25% of CISOs presented to their boards. A show of hands from session participants suggested nearly all do today. With major data breachesnow often making headlines, the board's view of those presentations is...
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