Aaron PritzCEO, Reveal Risk · Cybersecurity Executive | CEO of Reveal Risk | Pharma and Healthcare Focus | Author & Speaker | Board Advisor

Aligning Business and Cyber Risk

Name: Aligning Business and Cyber Risk
Uploaded: 2024-09-11T14:00:53+00:00
Duration: 8 s
Channel: Aaron Pritz
Description: In a brief dialogue, Speaker A asks how to secure executive team buy‑in for cybersecurity initiatives. Speaker B responds that the key is to speak the…

11 Sept 2024 · 0 min

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In a brief dialogue, Speaker A asks how to secure executive team buy‑in for cybersecurity initiatives. Speaker B responds that the key is to speak the executives’ language by translating cyber risk into business risk terms, emphasizing mutual value and aligning goals. By framing cybersecurity as a business‑aligned, mutually beneficial activity, leaders are more likely to support and execute the plan.

Okay. Okay. How do you get buy-in from an exec team when it comes to cyber?
I think it comes to speaking their language. Not everyone knows the language of cybersecurity. You can understand the bits and bytes and zeros and ones, but when you're able to speak someone's language and align cyber risk to business risk and align the value of how this is a mutually beneficial activity or goal for both of us, I think then you align goal, you want desire, and then you get more buy-in for the willingness to execute a plan.