Board reporting review
Assess current cyber and resilience reporting and redesign it around risk, evidence and decisions rather than activity.
Services · Board & Executive Advisory
Board Cyber & Resilience Advisory
Help your board challenge cyber risk with confidence, not take it on trust.
Arrange a meetingWhy it matters
Many bank boards receive cyber reports full of activity: patching rates, training completion, project status. Few receive the evidence they need to judge whether essential services can withstand disruption. We work alongside the chair, committees and executives so cyber and operational resilience become part of how the board governs, rather than an annual technical update.
Questions this engagement answers
- 01Which essential services matter most, and what would disruption really cost?
- 02What evidence shows our controls work, not just that they exist?
- 03Where are we relying on assurance from management or suppliers alone?
- 04Is our board challenge recorded in a way we could defend afterwards?
What the engagement can include
Director briefings
Focused sessions on the threat landscape, regulatory expectations and the questions directors should be asking.
Committee support
Independent attendance or preparation support for risk, audit or technology committees.
Declaration readiness
Help boards build a defensible basis for statements on the effectiveness of material controls.
How we work
- 1
Understand
Review board papers, risk appetite and governance arrangements, and speak with key directors and executives.
- 2
Assess
Test whether reporting gives the board the evidence it needs on essential services and material controls.
- 3
Improve
Agree a practical reporting model and a set of questions the board will use going forward.
- 4
Support
Provide ongoing independent challenge as needed, from a single briefing to regular committee support.
What you receive
- A board cyber reporting framework with clear risk indicators
- Prioritised questions for directors, tailored to your services
- Assessment of the evidence behind key assurances
- Briefing notes and board-ready summaries
Illustrative scenario
A green dashboard, an unanswered question
A board receives a quarterly report showing high training completion and most systems patched. A director asks how long the core payment service could be unavailable before customers are harmed, and whether recovery has been tested end to end. Nobody can answer from the paper. Our work starts there: reshaping reporting so that question is answered every time, with evidence.
Buck's view
“Good board oversight of cyber is not about directors becoming technical. It is about asking for evidence, recording challenge, and focusing on the services the organisation cannot afford to lose.”
Professor Buck Rogers, Poro Advisory