"It takes years to build trust, but only minutes for a breach to break it." Cybersecurity is no longer only a technical concern. It is a leadership imperative that has a direct impact on trust, reputation, and business survival. Even if your company has never experienced a breach, attackers are continually probing your systems, seeking weaknesses. The real challenge is not whether a breach will occur, but how quickly your organization can detect and contain it when it does. To understand this race against adversaries, senior leaders must grasp three critical measures of cyber readiness: Breakout Time, Mean Time to Detect (MTTD), and Mean Time to Respond (MTTR). These metrics may sound technical, but ...