[YOUR COMPANY] Cyber Briefing — Pre-Read

For: Board of Directors / Audit Committee · Meeting: [DATE] · Reading time: 5 minutes

Headline this quarter: [One sentence summarizing the most important thing the board should know coming into the meeting. Example: "We had no material incidents this quarter, but we're asking for $X to close our biggest gap in third-party risk visibility."]

What's changed since last quarter

Threat landscape: [One sentence — what's new]
Our posture: [One sentence — what improved, what slipped]
Notable events: [Near-misses contained, vendor breaches that affected us, regulatory developments]

The three asks at this meeting

Investment: Approve [$X] for [Y]. Expected outcome: [Z]. Discussed on slide 11.
Risk acceptance: Accept residual risk on [TOPIC] with compensating control of [WHAT]. Re-evaluate by [DATE].
Policy / governance: Ratify [POLICY UPDATE] effective [DATE]. Owner: [WHO].

What's working: [3 bullet wins — be specific. Example: "Phishing report rate up to 42%, mean time to detect down to 4 hours, zero material incidents."]

Where I'm honestly worried: [The single biggest concern — first sentence. The reason — second sentence. What we're doing about it — third sentence.]

If you only have 60 seconds before the meeting

Read the headline above. Glance at the three asks. Be ready to make the three decisions.

Full briefing materials

The 15-minute deck and 24-question Q&A prep are available at [LINK / FOLDER]. The CISO has prepared deeper answers on anything the board wants to probe.