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But the amount of cybersecurity expertise on boards remains relatively low, at a time when boards are under increased scrutiny for security failings. In responses to that survey from 472 corporate board directors, 76% said their board had at least one cybersecurity expert, including 19% who said their board had at least three directors with cybersecurity expertise. The other 25 directors’ experience comes from either having held a senior government role in cybersecurity or from having led and/or founded a cybersecurity company. Whatever a board’s composition, most directors aren’t very confident in their board’s ability to handle a cybersecurity incident. Cybersecurity company leader: Nineteen directors have founded and / or led cybersecurity or data security companies.

Persons: Jamil Farshchi, don’t, ”, ’, Shamla Naidoo, Netskope, Naidoo, ” Naidoo, aren’t, Shankar Arumugavelu, Nir Zuk, Zuk Organizations: WSJ Pro Research, Securities and Exchange, Pro Research, National Association of Corporate, Business Machines, WSJ, Seagate Technology Holdings, Verizon, Palo Alto Networks, Juniper Networks Locations: cybersecurity, FactSet

☆ Many Boards Are Playing Catch-Up on ESG and Green Issues
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Rob Sloan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +9 min

Other findings were that most believed sustainability efforts had brought real benefits and said ESG engagement with investors had been mostly positive. They also reported that while about half of big companies had ESG targets—many linked to executive compensation—smaller, private companies lagged behind. For public companies investors were most influential, followed by regulators, while directors of private businesses ranked their customers as top with investors in second place. “You had a wind that was giving companies and boards energy, and now you have a countervailing wind of political backlash,” Smith said. Despite those changes, half of respondents believe ESG will continue to be an important driver of their business decisions and strategy.

Persons: aren’t, —, ”, Kristin Campbell, Campbell, “, Alan Smith —, Smith, ” Hilton’s Campbell, ” Smith, ESG, ” Campbell, — hadn’t, Rob Sloan Organizations: Pro, National Association of Corporate, ESG, Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Regency Centers, HSBC, Estates, Sustainable Business, rob.sloan@wsj.com Locations: U.S

☆ Rob Sloan — Research Director, WSJ Pro at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Rob Sloan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Rob SloanRob Sloan is research director at WSJ Pro. Rob joined Dow Jones in 2014 and spent several years with the Risk and Compliance product team before moving to The Wall Street Journal newsroom to develop and lead the WSJ Pro Research team. In Rob's current role he manages a team of researchers, writes about cybersecurity, works on data projects and regularly presents on WSJ Pro events. Rob started his career working for the U.K. government, looking at some of the earliest state-sponsored cyberattacks against the critical national infrastructure. Rob’s main interest areas include the role of the board in overseeing and managing cyber risk, cybersecurity communications, the requirements of state-level attackers and helping corporate hacking victims share their lessons learned.

Persons: Rob Sloan Rob Sloan, Rob, Dow Jones, cybersecurity Organizations: WSJ, Wall Street Journal, Pro Research Locations: London

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