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CISO Series Podcast: How Cyber Risk Operates in Your Business

A Defense in Depth episode sponsored by Alteryx, featuring premium insights with Christa Burger

 

Cyber risk is not just a security problem. It is a business problem that shows up in operational gaps, fragmented data, unclear ownership, and slow decision-making.

In this episode of Defense in Depth, we dig into how cyber risk operates across the business, why security messaging often misses the buyer, and what leaders can do to turn security data into business-ready insight and action.

 

 

Cyber risk in business terms

Watch Christa Burger, Senior Director of Cyber Security at Alteryx, break down what security and risk leaders need to communicate, measure, and operationalize so cyber risk can be managed like any other business risk.

 
 

What you will learn:

  • How cyber risk travels through everyday business processes, not just security controls
  • Why security and cybersecurity marketing often fails to reach the real buyer and how to reframe the conversation
  • How to connect security signals to business context (ownership, impact, priority) to speed decisions
  • Why a trusted data foundation is the difference between reactive reporting and continuous assurance
  • How governance and traceability make risk reporting repeatable, auditable, and credible

Key takeaway callout

Cyber risk becomes manageable when security data becomes trusted, connected, and operational.

Most organizations do not need more dashboards. They need a foundation that turns fragmented signals into confidence, accountability, and faster action.

 

Recommended Resources

 
 
 

Listen to the episode

The full Defense in Depth conversation on "When Cybersecurity Marketing Fails to Reach the Buyer."

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Read the blog

Practical guidance on preparing your data for your tools and reducing risk through better governance.

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Highlights and discussion from CISO Series.

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Trust is the missing layer in security operations

When security data lives across disconnected tools, teams spend too much time exporting, reconciling, and explaining. That slows remediation, weakens audit readiness, and makes it harder to communicate risk in business terms.

Alteryx helps organizations:

  • Standardize and automate security and compliance reporting to reduce manual effort and improve consistency
  • Create traceability and audit-ready evidence through repeatable workflows and governance controls
  • Operationalize insights by connecting signals to owners, impact, and action, not just alerts