This highly interactive two-part presentation tackles crucial communication gaps in cybersecurity engineering. The first half analyzes the problem, defining two major communication silos:

1. The Business/User Gap:Engineers struggling to communicate value to non-technical stakeholders (Sales, Clients).
2. The Specialization Gap: Engineers from different deep technical fields (e.g., hardware vs. software security) failing to communicate effectively.

This analysis shows how poor communication hinders engineer growth and obscures business value.

The second half is a practical Interactive Workshop featuring three role-playing scenarios to bridge these gaps:
1. Client Simulation: Convincing a customer of a disruptive technical fix without jargon.
2. Sales Simulation: Persuading a sales lead to halt a launch by translating risk into financial loss/reputational damage, and professional challenges.
3. Internal Simulation:Forcing a Hardware Engineer and Software Engineer to collaborate on a complex threat and solution.

The session concludes with the audience co-creating a final list of best practices based on the role-playing insights.

Cybersecurity
Auditorium
Chara Vassiliadou
17:10 – 17:55

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