The South West Cyber Security Cluster has invited Jonny Tyers to join the expert panel at their "Cyber in the Boardroom: Risk Quantification" event. We're looking forward to a session that gets into one of the most persistent challenges in security: helping business leaders understand and act on risk rather than just receiving technical reports they can't interpret.
About the event
SWCSC runs a series of events designed to bring cyber security conversations into the boardroom. This session focuses on risk quantification — the practice of moving beyond RAG statuses and vague percentage scores to give leadership something they can actually make decisions with.
Jonny has been invited as a practitioner who has spent years working with organisations on exactly this challenge: how do you take the outputs of a threat modelling process and turn them into a risk picture that a finance director or CEO can engage with?
What the panel will cover
The panel is expected to cover three broad areas. First, why traditional risk reporting fails at the business level — the structural problem with compliance-first reporting that tells you something is a risk but not what to do about it or how much it matters relative to other priorities.
Second, what useful risk quantification looks like in practice. Not a full academic methodology that takes months to implement, but a pragmatic approach that connects threat assessment to business impact: revenue, operations, regulatory exposure.
Third, how organisations without large security functions can maintain a coherent risk picture. This is the challenge most small and mid-size businesses face — they're expected to demonstrate security maturity without the headcount to run a formal risk management programme.
About SWCSC
The South West Cyber Security Cluster is a community-led organisation connecting cyber security professionals, businesses, and academia across the South West of England. Their events bring together practitioners at all levels to share knowledge and address shared challenges.
Jonny founded Threatplane in 2017. With a background in offensive security, he has spent 15+ years helping organisations across defence, financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing understand and manage their technology risks.
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