5 Tips to Help CISOs Survive (And Thrive) in the Boardroom

The simpler you can convey it, the better. Too often, cybersecurity professionals get mired in technical jargon only to lose their audience. “Be clear, unambiguous, and direct,” Noaman advises. “If you’re up front and say exactly what you need to do and put in terms of the why, you don’t have to explain the technical things, because now everyone ge

“So when a CISO or anybody comes into a board room and says, ‘if we don’t do this, this is going to happen,’ it makes them all feel anxious and they start to close down their thought processes around it.”