# Beyond the Security Console: Digital Risk and Resilience on the Bridge with Christopher Hetner

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Podcast: [Risk is Our Business](https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-is-our-business-7345884)
Published: 2026-01-12T18:50:12+00:00
Episode link: https://riskisourbusiness.podbean.com/e/tbds2e2/
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## Resource

In this episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen is joined by Christopher Hetner, Senior Cyber Risk Advisor serving the boardroom community and former senior cybersecurity advisor to the Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The conversation opens by tackling a deceptively simple question: what do we even call this space anymore? Information security, IT security, cybersecurity, cyber risk, digital risk, digital resilience — are these distinct disciplines with meaningful nuance, or different labels for the same underlying reality? Christopher and Michael unpack how language shapes expectations, accountability, and how risk is understood across the enterprise. From there, they dive into Michael’s widely discussed essay, “The CISO Is Dead: A Eulogy and a Resurrection,”exploring why the title provoked resistance while the substance resonated. The discussion reframes the modern CISO not as a narrow security operator, but as a steward of digital risk and resilience in a world where every function, product, and decision carries a digital footprint. They explore the dangers of cybersecurity leaders operating in isolation, the limits of traditional security-centric models, and why cyber risk can no longer live on its own island. The conversation then turns to the boardroom, what directors tend to understand about cyber and digital risk, where gaps remain, and how risk leaders can engage boards more effectively by shifting from technical reporting to strategic navigation. Rather than treating cyber risk as a technical problem to be delegated, this episode makes the case for digital risk and resilience as a bridge-level responsibility, one that requires shared ownership, clearer language, and leadership capable of steering the enterprise through…

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