Tired of seeing your security insights, threat intel reports, and strategic plans get lost in a sea of text or buried under dashboard fatigue? In this episode of SecOps Weekly, Principal Security Researcher Phil Hagen sits down with live illustrator Ashton Rodenhiser to dissect how security professionals can bridge the gap between complex technical data and memorable executive messaging. As practitioners, we are constantly translating dense technical concepts, complex incident timelines, and dry metrics into actionable business context. Discover how leveraging graphic recording principles and intentional storytelling can help your reports, presentations, and security awareness efforts land with maximum impact. Chapters: 00:00-01:59: Welcome to SecOps Weekly! 02:00-09:07: What is graphic recording? 09:08-19:21: What NOT to do when presenting findings 19:22-27:40: Advice for researchers 27:41-30:50: Visualizing beyond the dashboard 30:00-31:39: Final thoughts Resources: Stef Rand's SANS Blue Team Summit presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXINHwPdKVc Learn from/work with Ashton: https://www.sketchnote.school/ About Zscaler Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) is a pioneer and global leader in zero trust security. The world’s largest businesses, critical infrastructure organizations, and government agencies rely on Zscaler to secure users, branches, applications, data & devices, and to accelerate digital transformation initiatives. Distributed across 160+ data centers globally, the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange:tm: platform combined with advanced AI combats billions of cyber threats and policy violations every day and unlocks productivity gains for modern enterprises by reducing costs and complexity. ©2025 Zscaler, Inc. All rights reserved. Zscaler, Zscaler Digital Exchange, Zscaler Internet Access, ZIA, Zscaler Private Access, and ZPA are either (i) registered trademarks or service marks or (ii) trademarks or service marks of Zscaler, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Any other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

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