Communicating Cyber Risk - by Nina Paine & Ashley Sweetman (Hardcover)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

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 cyberattacks, 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 tools, 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

About the Author

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.

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