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Communicating digital risk

Published on July 30, 2026   33 min
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Hi. My name is Amalia Barthel. I'm an Advisor, Consultant, and Educator in the areas of digital risk, digital data risks, privacy, compliance, and governance. In this last talk about digital risk, we will discuss the tone, topics, and format in which professionals need to address non-professionals and executive leaders about digital risk so that they can raise flags and be effective in what they communicate. This is not just about communication but elevating a professional's profile by showcasing their understanding of business impact, and not just the technical details of digital risk. What are the most effective ways to speak about digital risk in such a manner that a professional is heard?
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Organizational assets including programs, processes, information, applications, technology, investments, personnel, and facilities are mapped to the enterprise level reference models to create a segment-oriented view of organization. Segments are elements of organizations describing mission areas, common shared business services and organization-wide services. From an investment perspective, segment architecture drives decisions for a business case or group of business cases, supporting specific mission areas or common (shared) services. The primary stakeholders for segment architecture are mission/business owners. Following closely from segment architecture, solution architecture defines the information technology assets within organizations used to automate and improve mission business processes. The scope of solution architecture is typically used to develop and implement all or parts of information systems or business solutions. The primary stakeholders for solution architectures are information system developers and integrators, information system owners, information system or security engineers, and end users. It is often at this level that risk communication is initiated. But it must be informed by the unprecedented developments in the legal and regulatory space around the world cybersecurity and technology development. The EU IoT expert group, IoT stands for Internet of Things,

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