
Cyber Risk in Financial Terms: Empowering Your CFO with Strategic Cyber Risk Insight.
CISOs today must communicate cyber risk in terms CFOs and boards understand: cash flow, revenue disruption, and enterprise value. This article outlines a two-phase model for communicating cyber loss: Immediate Treasury Impact and Future Value Exposure, which aligns with how CFOs think about liquidity, treasury, cash reserves and growth risk. The approach allows CISOS to translate technical incidents into a financial narrative that supports strategic planning and investment.