Hacking the Boardroom: How to communicate effectively to get your budget

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Presented at GrrCon 2019 by

Ryan Wisniewski

As information security professionals, we are often put into highly technical situations that only we can understand. We then have the challenge of explaining ourselves to those non-technical folks that control our budgets: the executives. This talk focuses on communication techniques to discuss our findings effectively to garner the respect and trust from the C-suite to further drive security improvements. Ryan will show real examples (both good and bad) and explain how the communication methods could be improved for the greater audience. Various tips will include (but not limited to) report formatting, visual diagrams, screenshot tips, audience tailoring, and message focus.