Becoming the board-ready CISO: First steps for effective conversations (Alyssa Miller)

Becoming the board-ready CISO: Alyssa Miller on what boards actually want from security, and a three-part framework any CISO can use to align security with business objectives.

CISO and Board Advisor Alyssa Miller joins TrustCloud® CEO Sravish Sridhar to challenge the idea that “security first” is the right frame, and to lay out how strategic CISOs report to the board: mapping security to business objectives and KPIs, focusing on the few resilience goals that matter, and making the case for new investments like AI as business value, not just risk.

The three-part board framework (free) - Becoming the Board-Ready CISO | Strategic CISOs Podcast: https://www.trustcloud.ai/strategic-cisos-becoming-board-ready/

More episodes: https://www.trustcloud.ai/strategic-cisos/

Chapters

00:00 — Welcome and guest introduction

01:16 — Getting into security at 12: the Prodigy hack

07:55 — From dial-up to AI: living through every tech shift

12:06 — Why a CISO’s identity has to change

15:50 — Step 1: tie security to business objectives

23:40 — Step 2: measure resilience, not guesswork

31:30 — Step 3: prioritize what’s next on the roadmap

35:28 — Becoming a trusted partner

41:19 — Where to listen

About The Strategic CISOs Podcast
The CISO podcast where security leaders share how they run GRC so it drives measurable business impact. Real talk on cyber risk, board reporting, and making security drive the business instead of chasing it.

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