How Activism and Executive Risk Converge Today, Rachel Briggs and Cynthia Marble
How Activism and Executive Risk Converge Today, Rachel Briggs and Cynthia Marble

Rachel Briggs of The Clarity Factory and Cynthia Marble of Ontic explore the impact of increased activism and protest on executive risk and EP programmes.

They offer 5 key recommendations for CSOs:

  • Build or upgrade your protective intelligence capabilities to include monitoring of activism-related threats
  • Break down silos by creating cross-functional playbooks
  • Train exec leaders on this risk
  • Use EP programmes as a lever to position corporate security as a business-critical function
  • Establish a working relationship with community relations and government affairs colleagues to create a shared understanding of corporate and executive reputation and their connections to risk

You can read the full article in Security Management magazine.

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Cyber security is at the top of the agenda for most C-Suite executives. Global leaders surveyed by the World Economic Forum ranked cyber security within the top five risks over the next two years,[i] and almost three-quarters of board directors rank it as a top priority.[ii] The latest data from IBM shows that the global average cost of a data breach in 2024 was $4.88 million, a 10% increase in the past year and the highest total ever