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Cybersecurity leadership

Cybersecurity metrics a board can actually use

Kin Levi

Boards need measures connected to interruption, trust and recovery. Technical volume alone rarely tells them whether the company can absorb a bad day.

What I have learned

A metric should trigger a different decision when it moves. If no one would change funding, staffing or a control because of the number, it is probably a dashboard ornament.

What I would do

I would report recovery test results, coverage of critical assets, time to make incident decisions and unresolved high-consequence risks. I would show trend, uncertainty and the action each measure invites.

Kin Levi