In the days since the US-Israel strikes against Iran, business guidance has been pouring in from analyst firms, newsrooms, and government agencies—but roughly ninety percent of the coverage focuses on cyber-attack preparedness and supply chain disruption, with the board appearing in less than one percent of what we found. Today's conversation with Christopher Hetner—Senior Cyber Risk Advisor to the NACD, chair of the Cybersecurity, AI and Privacy committee at the Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence, and former Senior Cybersecurity Advisor to the Chair of the SEC—addresses the gap that no one else is addressing: what a prepared board actually does when the escalation arrives, how it deliberates, and whether the infrastructure to do so is even in place.
