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An Enterprise Compliance Primer for Executives

Posted on August 11, 2013 in Articles | by

It’s time for that once-a-year meeting with the C-suite, where you get to tell them about the state of the enterprise compliance program, particularly how great everything’s going. The only thing is, like most organizations, it’s far from perfect.  How should you handle this situation?  In this tip, we offer three simple rules for relating enterprise IT compliance challenges to a non-technical, executive audience.

Rule #1: Keep it Simple

The first thing that you must remember when presenting compliance issues, or any technical topic, for that matter, is that it’s more than likely that you’re about to approach an audience that has no idea what you’re talking about.  Unless the business of your organization revolves around technology, executives are normally focused on activities that are directly related to the organization’s mission.  IT is lumped with human resources, accounts payable and similar functions in the “support services” bucket.  While they are all critical to the organization’s success, they do not directly perform the mission.  Keep this perspective in mind as you approach executives.

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Published August 2013 on SearchSecurity.com

 

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