Stop Using Slides: Tell Better Cybersecurity Stories

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This episode discusses the importance of storytelling in cybersecurity and features Jeffrey Wheatman sharing insights on effective communication for CISOs.

Send us Fan Mail and we can reply directly! On this episode of the Cybersecurity Mentors Podcast, we sit down with Jeffrey Wheatman to break down one of the most underrated skills in cybersecurity: storytelling. Jeffrey shares how he built a career helping CISOs communicate more effectively with boards, executives, and teams by shifting away from charts and data toward stories that resonate and drive action. We explore why storytelling is a skill anyone can learn, how it applies ...

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Guest: Jeffrey Wheatman

Topics covered

• storytelling
• cybersecurity
• communication
• CISO
• executives
• data visualization

Keywords

• cybersecurity
• storytelling
• CISO
• communication
• executives
• data
• charts

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