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Sam Whitlock writes about the gap between what a security briefing sounds like and what a board actually needs to hear. They argue that most cyber advice fails not because it is wrong but because it is delivered to trigger fear instead of action, and that a calm, plain-English explanation gets better decisions out of a room than any slide full of skulls and red arrows. They are the author of four books on security and organisational behaviour, including Human Firewall, The Quiet Breach, Boards Don’t Click Links and, most recently, Zero Trust, Full Speed. They speak to technology, security and board audiences on request, in keynote, workshop and briefing formats.