Empowering Boards: Using Peer Benchmarking to Strengthen Cyber Oversight

The SEC’s cybersecurity disclosure rules, introduced in December 2023, have placed new pressure on companies and their boards to demonstrate credible oversight of cyber and information technology related risks. While boards have made progress in building up their cyber and IT skill sets, many board members still lack the technical background needed to feel confident in cyber governance discussions. Armed with better information, more board members can participate meaningfully in the dialogue. Peer-based, statistically derived cyber-risk metrics—grounded in observable signals across a large coverage of publicly traded companies—offer a practical way to ground board-level conversations. Peer benchmarking provides company management and their boards clarity on where an organization stands, and whether its risk posture is improving or declining.

With this insight, all board members can ask more pointed, relevant questions, participate more confidently in governance discussions, and contribute to meaningful oversight of this critical risk category. This session will examine how benchmarking can elevate cyber governance and support more informed, data driven oversight at the board level.

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Key Benefits

Strengthen Board-Level Cyber Oversight

Learn how peer-based, statistically derived metrics can help boards more effectively evaluate cyber and IT risk exposure.

Gain Clarity Through Peer Benchmarking

Understand how your organization's cyber risk posture compares with peers, and whether it is improving or weakening.

Make Oversight More Data-Driven

Discover empirical, statistically sound methods for measuring cyber incident risk and grounding board discussions in objective data.

Improve Defensive Diligence

See how benchmarking can support proactive cyber liability management and strengthen your overall governance approach.

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NACD Credits

One (1) NACD credit will be applied to your NACD transcript after the event based on attendee's session attendance.

• Instructional delivery methods: Group Internet
• Number of Hours: 1.0
• Field of Study: Business Management and Organization
• Level: Basic
• Prerequisites: None
• Advance preparation: None

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