More than half of board members are willing to sack security execs for poor reporting

The decisions that board level executives make on cyber security are very dependent on the quality of the reports they receive from front line management. A new report from cyber risk analysis specialist Bay Dynamics, carried out in conjunction with Osterman Research, looks at how boards of directors see cyber security reports. Among its findings are that 59 percent of board members say that one or more IT security executives will lose their job as a result of failing to provide useful, actionable information. Cyber risks are a high priority among board members compared to other areas such as financial,… [Continue Reading]