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Faculty Advisor: How to Really Connect with Your Business Leaders

What does “security” really do for our business?

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Keeping Security’s Value Story Fresh Year After Year

Security isn't static, and neither should its story be. In a world where business priorities shift constantly, the challenge isn’t just telling Security’s value story once, it’s keeping that story relevant, compelling, and aligned year after year.

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Leverage Security Domain Mapping for Strategic Growth

The CSO Security Domain Responsibilities chart identifies 24 key domains commonly falling under corporate security. By leveraging this chart effectively, security leaders can foster greater awareness, justify key decisions, and drive meaningful conversations about the evolving scope of corporate security.

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How to Quickly Show Stakeholders the State of the Security Program

The Security Success Foundation Assessment™ has proven its value in a range of programs, from brand new, to transitioning, to established and mature.

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Are You Ready to Make Your Business Case?

If you can't justify your proposal to the people who need to fund and support it, why should they say yes?

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Faculty Advisor: Concept of Operations and Why It Should Be In Your Toolkit

We have a hard time getting understanding for some of our initiatives. Any thoughts on how to get the attention of senior management?

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Are Core Security Programs Being Neglected?

You might be concerned about the programs, but either the organization is not interested, or you are too busy with urgent issues to work on improving them.

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Benchmarks Aren’t Magic, They’re Tools

Benchmarking can inform corporate goal setting and can play a significant role in strategic planning. Unless security leaders look beyond the numbers to consider all the potential explanations of why their program varies from the average, they’ll still be missing critical insights.

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Exploring the Value Story

Our value has to be connected to our success in measurably impacting risk. What are the measures, and how are you communicating the critical messages?.

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Faculty Advisor: Thinking Strategically to Enhance Security-Business Alignment

Q. Business leaders think in terms of growth, reduction of operating costs, margins and competition, for example. Traditionally, security leaders tend to not think in these terms. Is there a way we can present our programs to match what are the driving forces of the business side?

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A Brief Introduction to the Value of Corporate Security for Non-Security Professionals

Corporate security can mean different things to different organizations. The SEC's Security Leadership Research Institute (SLRI)research has identified 20 different responsibilities that fall under a corporate security department.

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Faculty Advisor: The Need for Effectively Telling Security's Story

I’ve been in the top security position for three months. I’m the first security director for the company and about to start communicating security responsibilities to the organization. What is the best message I should be putting out?

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Measuring and Communicating Security's Value

This book builds on George Campbell’s Measures and Metrics in Corporate Security. While Measures and Metrics guides you through creating a meaningful security metrics program, Measuring and Communicating Security’s Value takes you to the next step: using the metrics you deliver to communicate quantifiable value to the organization. The book...

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Faculty Advisor: Communicating Risk Avoidance to Management

How do I focus management's attention on future risk?

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