🗓️Don’t miss our virtual event with Dr. Anthony Vance on Dec. 8 to discuss his latest research on how effective CISOs build legitimacy with their Board of Directors. discernibleinc.com/events/ciso-le…

🚨 New #SecurityComms internship with Atlanta Fed: 2023 Atlanta Summer Internship Program - Business, Technology, and Security (Branding and Communications) rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/FRS/job/Atlant…

🚨 New #SecurityComms job at Disney: Design Specialist, Security Communications jobs.disneycareers.com/job/-/-/391/39…

"Our preliminary findings indicate CISOs often lack legitimacy in the eyes of the board of directors and the C-suite, and for CISOs this can be very frustrating. Even though they are submitting reports and communicating with the board, it’s not enough." discernibleinc.com/blog/knocking-…

What do you think? When does a security or privacy incident become a crisis? Accordingly to our CEO Melanie Ensign, the answer could be "never." discernibleinc.com/blog/what-is-a…

Back when I was still on the road to a PhD, a chunk of my thesis was going to be a taxonomy of "incidents." This post is a concise version of that 👏 "The greatest damage is caused by the sleeping giants that don’t receive communications attention until it’s too late."

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New research examines CISOs and the Quest for Legitimacy discernibleinc.com/blog/knocking-…

How do CISOs build legitimacy with the board? Don't miss your chance to join us next Thursday for a live discussion with Dr. Anthony Vance about his recent findings on improving the relationship between CISOs and the board of directors. discernibleinc.com/events/ciso-le…

🔥 Due to popular demand, our most requested comms trainings are now available for individual professionals, not just teams! - Succinctness - Cross Functional Negotiating - Making Decisions as a Team - Media Training discernibleinc.com/workshops-cons…

Check out this month's Profiles in Privacy: Discernible Founder and CEO Melanie Ensign, Melanie Ensign, shares her passion for scuba diving, cybersecurity and privacy communications iapp.org/news/a/ensign-…

I wrote an article with Michelle Lowry for The Wall Street Journal about how CISOs can gain influence in their organizations: wsj.com/articles/infor… I’ll be talking about this research with Melanie Ensign and Discernible Inc this Friday, 12/8 at 3pm ET. Join us!

🗣 Discernible Inc CEO Melanie Ensign on privacy tech as a brand differentiator. More insights in TROPT Privacy Tech Stack Whitepaper 2022:riseofprivacytech.com/troptprivacyte…

The cringy things organizations say after a data breach can make it worse. discernibleinc.com/blog/remove-th…

"Ensign leads ‘one-stop shop’ for all things privacy communications" (via Jennifer Bryant, published Nov. 29) cc: Melanie Ensign ow.ly/jwrl50LZT51

"[Discernible] helps professionals foster relationships with stakeholders, handle incident preparedness and response — including public and internal communications — teams and product management and more." Read more in this profile from @PrivacyPros: iapp.org/news/a/ensign-…

If you're looking for a way to foster a culture of writing blogs and speaking at events, definitely hit up Melanie Ensign I've gone through the reviewer AND reviewee Slack workflows, powered by Discernible Inc It's great for working across time zones and is remote work certified ✅

Expect lawsuits, but don't let them compromise good communications. "You'll be in a much better position when those lawsuits happen if you're demonstrating good faith, if you're demonstrating empathy, if you're demonstrating a quick response."- Melanie Ensign axios.com/newsletters/ax…

"Every stakeholder benefits from helpful, empowering, and productive communications. Risk communications addresses their fear head on, strengthening relationships and helping people move forward." - Discernible CEO Melanie Ensign discernibleinc.com/blog/intro-to-…