Bringing the Board Up to Speed on Cybersecurity

As boards begin the journey to cyber compliance to meet upcoming SEC regulations, one of the first things they need to do is bring all directors to a common understanding of the technology landscape. Everyone on the board needs to be familiar with and understand commonly used cybersecurity terms, concepts and frameworks, so that directors can correlate them to the economic decisions the board will be making to protect the enterprise.

This white paper, authored by Betsy Atkins, former three-time CEO and current board member for Diligent, Volvo Cars and Wynn Resorts, details the steps directors need to take to sharpen their cyber literacy, including:

• Understanding the NIST Framework
• Determining materiality
• Preparing for proxy season
• And more