- Shows mid to senior cybersecurity and risk professionals how to communicate cyber risk in terms understood by staff at all levels of an organization
- Discusses how to use engaging communication to embed and foster a security-focused culture
- Includes interviews from 30 cybersecurity leaders from organizations who have experienced cyber risk events and offers best practice and tips for internal and external communication
- Explains how effective cyber risk communication can set organizations apart through improved relationships with external stakeholders, transparent communication with customers, better employee behaviours and clearer understanding of risk
- Demonstrates how to future-proof cyber risk communication by adapting to emerging threats and risks
Communicating Cyber Risk
Build Cyber Resilience Through Compelling Communication
Build an enterprise-wide understanding of cyber risk, increase your resilience and protect your organization's reputation with this critical guide to delivering clear and succinct cyber risk communication.
Key features at a glance
EAN: 9781398628618
Edition: 1
Published:
Format: 234x156
288 pages
About the book
How can you communicate cyber risk in a way that builds trust and drives impact?
Communicating Cyber Risk is a practical guide for cybersecurity and risk leaders who need to translate complex threats into clear, actionable messages. As organizations face rising cyberattacks, the ability to communicate risk effectively is a critical skill for protecting operations, reassuring stakeholders and strengthening resilience.
Written by Nina Paine and Ashley Sweetman, this book draws on over 30 interviews with CISOs, executives and senior practitioners to share strategies, frameworks and real-world examples that help you implement communication that resonates at every level of the organization.
You'll learn how to:
- Break down complex risks into straightforward business and financial terms
- Apply communication principles that build credibility with leaders and regulators
- Implement strategies for incident response, media management and customer updates
- Optimize communication to foster stronger security-driven culture across teams
- Lead by modelling good practices and inspiring confidence
With detailed chapters and actionable tools, Communicating Cyber Risk equips cybersecurity and risk professionals to apply proven methods, develop their influence and deliver lasting organizational impact.
Themes include: cyber risk strategy, cyber risk communication, incident response, cyber leadership, organizational resilience, security culture
About the authors
Nina Paine is Global Head of Cyber Partnerships and Government Engagement for Standard Chartered Bank. She is a Board Member and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec). She previously spent over a decade at the National Crime Agency.
Ashley Sweetman is Director of Cyber Security Governance Reporting for Standard Chartered Bank. He is an Affiliate Fellow at the Research Institute on Sociotechnical Cyber Security at the University of Bristol and was previously Researcher-in-Residence at No. 10 Downing Street.
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