Beyond the Firewall: Teaching Technical Communication in Cybersecurity
Beyond the Firewall: Teaching Technical Communication in Cybersecurity Introduction In Part 1 of our Beyond the Firewall series, we highlighted why soft skills like communication and empathy are just as vital as technical know-how. In this post, we go deeper into technical communication—what it means in cybersecurity, why it’s often overlooked, and how you can teach it directly in your IT curriculum or onboarding program. Strong technical communication helps: Analysts translate complex threats to business stakeholders Engineers collaborate across silos Leaders make confident, informed decisions Without it, your best technical minds may fail to gain traction—or worse, contribute to security failures. ...