BoD Introduction: An Analogy to Understand Cybersecurity Jargon – Cyber Risk

BoD and C-Level executives have a lot on their minds today with everything that's going on. We, the cybersecurity professionals community, must do our part to help our leaders understand the inherent risks with cybersecurity threats, but we must do this without diving into confusing jargon, or by explaining our jargon in a way that non-cybersec people will understand. This article attempts to "translate" some of this cybersecurity jargon into every day concepts that we are all familiar with. We start with key concepts of Cyber Risk.