Role-specific dashboards

Benefits: Why One Dashboard Doesn’t Fit All

Eliminate Translation Overhead

The average board spends 40% of cyber discussions trying to understand technical jargon instead of making decisions. Role-specific Dashboards speak each executive’s native language: the CEO sees strategic and reputational risk, the CFO sees financial impact and insurance implications, the CISO sees technical vulnerabilities and remediation priorities—all from the same underlying data.

Accelerate Board Decision-Making

Directors identify improving decision-making rigor and boardroom dialogue candor as top priorities, with boards investing in adapting governance to complex and unfamiliar territory. When each board member has immediate access to their relevant metrics, discussions move from “what does this mean?” to “what should we do?”—cutting meeting time while improving decision quality.

Meet Individual Accountability Requirements

Modern cyber governance requires that cyber risk is owned by the board—not delegated to the CISO—with each executive held personally accountable for managing cyber risk within their domain. Role-specific Dashboards ensure each executive can demonstrate their individual oversight and decision-making, protecting against personal liability in regulatory actions or shareholder litigation.

Scale Governance Without Adding Meetings

The traditional model requires dedicated cybersecurity committee meetings, CISO presentations to the full board, and follow-up sessions for each functional leader. Role-specific Dashboards put current cyber intelligence at every executive’s fingertips 24/7, enabling continuous governance without calendar conflicts or information delays.

Visual Meters That Drive Action

Abstract risk scores don’t drive budget approvals. Visual meters with clear zones—Building (50-75) vs. Control (75-100)—create immediate intuition about status and urgency. When the CFO sees the Regulation Readiness Meter drop from 72 to 65, they understand resources are needed now, not next quarter.

How It Works: D3C-Powered Executive Intelligence

The Profile-to-Dashboard Pipeline

Step 1: Executive Profile Creation

Each executive completes a role-specific questionnaire:

• CEO: Strategic priorities, M&A plans, competitive concerns, reputation management focus
• CFO: Insurance requirements, budget constraints, financial risk tolerance, compliance costs
• CIO: Technology roadmap, digital transformation initiatives, infrastructure plans
• CISO: Current security architecture, known vulnerabilities, incident response capacity
• COO: Operational dependencies, supply chain risks, business continuity requirements
• CHRO: Workforce security awareness, training programs, insider threat concerns
• CSR Officer: ESG commitments, sustainability reporting, stakeholder expectations
• CMO: Brand reputation priorities, customer trust metrics, competitive positioning

Questionnaires use 4 strategic questions per role, designed to capture priorities in 10 minutes, not hours of documentation.

Step 2: D3C Plugin Activation

Based on profile responses, the platform activates relevant AI plugins:

• OSINT Plugin: Scans for external exposures relevant to executive priorities
• Competitive Intelligence Plugin: Monitors competitor security postures and incidents
• Regulatory Plugin: Tracks requirements specific to executive’s domain
• Financial Impact Plugin: Quantifies risks in monetary terms for CFO/Board
• Reputation Plugin: Monitors trust and sentiment indicators for CEO/CMO

Step 3: Meter Generation

D3C consolidates plugin outputs into visual meters visible on each dashboard:

For All Executives:

• 12-Month Trend Chart: Shows cyber posture evolution (e.g., 25 → 72 improvement)
• Change Over Time Metrics: Detection latency, recovery efficiency, exposure visibility

For CEO/Board:

• Policy-Resonance Meter: Alignment with Technology (40%), Economic (30%), Green (20%), Defence (10%) policy frameworks
  • Score 72 = Building Zone, indicating progressive governance maturity
  • 30-day trend projection shows path toward Control Zone (75+)
• Competitiveness Exposure Radar: Five dimensions (Innovation 40%, Digital Infrastructure 60%, Regulation 70%, Sustainability 65%, Market Integration 55%)
  • Interactive drill-down to source data for M&A due diligence or strategic planning

For CISO/CIO:

• Human-Factor Meter: Behavioral risk across Awareness (35%), Knowledge (25%), Experience (20%), Behavior (20%)
  • Current score 72 quantifies workforce readiness
  • Connects to training ROI and identifies skill gaps
• Technical Vulnerability Heatmap: Maps exposures to business systems and impact severity

For CFO:

• Financial Impact Calculator: Breach cost projections, insurance premium implications, compliance penalty risks
• Compliance Cost Tracker: Budget vs. actual spending across regulatory frameworks (DORA, NIS2, Cap. 653, etc.)

For CHRO:

• Training Effectiveness Metrics: Phishing simulation results, security awareness trends, certification completion
• Insider Risk Indicators: Behavioral anomalies, access policy violations, high-risk user patterns

Step 4: Continuous Updates

Dashboards refresh in real-time as new data arrives:

• Daily: External exposure scans, threat intelligence updates
• Weekly: Trend recalculations, meter adjustments
• Monthly: Comprehensive reporting with board-ready export formats

Step 5: Evidence Trail

Every metric is clickable to reveal:

• Source data (timestamped, attributed)
• Confidence score (Verified/Estimated/Modeled)
• Related incidents or exposures
• Recommended actions with delegation paths

Use Case: Global Manufacturing Firm Streamlines Board Cyber Governance

The Challenge

A €3.5B manufacturing company with operations in 25 countries struggled with board-level cyber governance. Their quarterly CISO presentations overwhelmed non-technical board members with vulnerability counts and patch statistics, while failing to answer strategic questions about competitive positioning or regulatory compliance.

The board chair described the problem: “Every quarter, our CISO presents 40 slides of technical details. We nod, approve the budget, and hope for the best. But when the audit committee asks whether we’re compliant with new EU regulations, or the CEO wants to know if our cyber posture affects our M&A valuation, nobody has answers in business terms.”

The Implementation

Qatalis deployed role-specific Dashboards in Q1 2025:

February 2025:

• 9 executives completed role-specific profiles (CEO, CFO, CIO, CISO, COO, CMO, CHRO, CSR Officer, Chief Legal Officer)
• D3C platform configured with:
  • OSINT monitoring across 25 operating countries
  • Supply chain risk tracking for 150+ critical vendors
  • Regulatory compliance mapping for EU DORA, NIS2, and US sector-specific requirements
  • Competitive intelligence on 12 primary competitors

March 2025:

• Initial dashboards delivered showing:
  • CEO Dashboard: Policy-Resonance Meter at 58 (Building Zone, below competitor average of 68), Competitiveness Exposure Radar showing Innovation at 35% (high risk) and Regulation at 62% (moderate risk)
  • CFO Dashboard: Estimated annual cyber insurance premium increase of 35% due to detected exposures; potential DORA non-compliance penalty of €70M (2% of revenue)
  • CISO Dashboard: Human-Factor Meter at 54 (Building Zone), with Awareness component at 48% (critical gap); 23 critical vendors lacking required DORA security controls
  • CHRO Dashboard: Security awareness training completion at 62% vs. industry benchmark of 78%; phishing simulation failure rate of 24%

April-December 2025:

• Executives accessed dashboards weekly (averaging 3 logins per week vs. previous quarterly review cadence)
• Board meetings shifted from 90-minute CISO presentations to 20-minute dashboard review with focused discussion on strategic gaps
• CFO used dashboard data to negotiate cyber insurance reduction after demonstrating improved detection capability (from 4.2 hours to 2.1 hours)
• CEO leveraged Competitiveness Exposure Radar in M&A due diligence, identifying target company’s weak regulation compliance (42%) as negotiation leverage

The Outcome

12 months after deployment:

Governance Efficiency:

• Board cyber discussions reduced from 90 minutes to 20 minutes, with 3x more decisions made per meeting
• Board preparation time reduced from 8 hours per quarter to 30 minutes (executives review dashboard pre-meeting)
• Audit committee able to answer regulator questions in real-time using dashboard evidence

Measurable Improvement:

• Policy-Resonance Meter: 58 → 74 (entered Control Zone)
• Human-Factor Meter: 54 → 71 (CHRO-led training program based on dashboard gap analysis)
• Competitiveness Exposure Radar: Innovation dimension improved from 35% → 48% after targeted R&D security investments

Financial Impact:

• Cyber insurance premium reduced 18% (€640K annual savings) by demonstrating improved metrics
• Avoided €70M DORA penalty through dashboard-identified gap remediation
• M&A valuation adjustment of €45M based on target’s weak cyber posture (identified via dashboard competitive analysis)

The CEO reported: “For the first time in my 20-year career, every board member understands our cyber posture in 30 seconds. The CFO looks at financial impact, I look at competitive positioning, and the CHRO tracks workforce readiness—all from the same data. We make decisions in one meeting that used to take three.”

Key Innovation

The platform’s delegation path feature automatically assigns action items to the appropriate executive based on their role. When the Policy-Resonance Meter showed weak Green Transition alignment (48%), the system assigned research and action planning to the CSR Officer—not the CISO—since sustainability policy is outside cybersecurity’s domain. This eliminated the common problem of CISOs being asked to solve business problems outside their expertise.