Communicating Cyber Risk

Build Cyber Resilience Through Compelling Communication
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-3986-2863-2
Verlag: Kogan Page Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

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 cyber attacks, 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 guidance, 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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paine, Nina

Sweetman, Ashley

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Versicherungswirtschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Risikobewertung, Risikotheorie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Computerkommunikation & -vernetzung Netzwerksicherheit
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmenskommunikation
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Computersicherheit Schadprogramme (Viren, Trojaner etc.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: Communicating to the board; Chapter - 02: Translating risk into business terms - helping everyone understand the scale, size and consequences of cyber risk Chapter - 03: Building a security-focused culture; Chapter - 04: Managing crisis communication; Chapter - 05: Navigating communication between public and private sectors; Chapter - 06: The future of cyber risk (and what that means for communication); Chapter - 07: Conclusion: communication as the cornerstone of cyber resilience

Über Autor(innen)

Sweetman, Ashley
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. He is based in London, UK.

Paine, Nina
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 and is based in London, UK.

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.