Tenable has announced the formation of the Exposure Management Leadership Council, a working group aimed at advancing best practices and frameworks for exposure management in cyber security.
The council comprises Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and cyber security leaders from global organisations representing sectors such as insurance, technology, transportation, legal, and consumer packaged foods. The council’s mission is to develop exposure management into a common, proactive security discipline that demonstrates an ability to reduce organisational cyber risk.
Report findings
As part of its launch, the council released a new report titled “Board meetings and the dreaded cyber risk update: a use case for exposure management.” The report draws on highlights and insights from the council’s inaugural meeting and analyses the ongoing communication challenges between security leaders and company boards.
The report finds that a disconnect in the boardroom continues to undermine organisations’ efforts to manage and mitigate cyber risk, particularly as exposure and regulatory requirements increase. The difficulty often arises from reliance on technical security…
