#117: Cyber Risk and Digital Management in the Boardroom, with Larry Clinton

<p>For any board operating in the 21st century, cybersecurity is a key aspect of risk management.  We’re examining the needs that today’s boardroom has, as well as what the future of cybersecurity holds, as we welcome <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/larry-clinton-20237b4/'>Larry Clinton</a> to the show. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/larry-clinton-20237b4/'>Larry Clinton</a> literally wrote the book – books actually – on cyber risk management for corporate boards namely the Cyber Risk Handbook now available on 4 continents and in 5 languages. The Cyber Risk Handbooks were written in collaboration with organizations from around the world including the <a href='https://www.nacdonline.org/'>National Association of Corporate Directors</a>, <a href='https://ecoda.org/'>The European Conference of Directors Associations</a>, <a href='https://www.keidanren.or.jp/en/profile/pro001.html#:~:text=KEIDANREN%20(Japan%20Business%20Federation)%20is,of%20April%201%2C%202020).'>The Japanese Federation of Businesses</a>, and have been endorsed by the US DHS and DOJ, the German Federation Office of Information Security and the Organization of American States & others <a href='https://www.pwc.com/'>PWC</a> has independently assessed the effectiveness of the Cyber Risk Handbooks and found that organizations that use them generate higher cybersecurity budgets, practice better risk management, have closer alignment between cybersecurity and overall organizational goals, and develop a stronger culture of security. Mr. Clinton is also the principle author of the <a href='https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/files/documents/cyber/ISA%20-%20The%20Cyber%20Security%20Social%20Contract.pdf'>Cyber Security Social Contract</a> whose public policy recommendations have been endorsed by the House GOP Task Force on Cyber Security, President Obama’s Executive Order 13636 on Cybersecurity, and the recently released bipartisan Solarium Commission on Cybersecurity and National Defense. Mr. Clinton teaches a course in