Fresh from Austin, here are the top headlines from (ISC)²‘s 2017 Security Congress:

• Let’s talk about risk, baby. That’s the language c-level executives and board members want to hear from the security team. Keynote speaker and Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI, Donald Freese, spoke about a non-emotional approach to security . 
• CSO Online quotes Dylan Thomas, who was probably talking about cybersecurity practitioners when he said “Do not go gently into that good night.”
• Garfield loves lasagna and hates cyberbullying .
• Infosecurity Magazine was with us in Austin and spoke to the CISO of the state of Missouri, Michael Roling,  CIO of the Truth Initiativev, Derrick Butts , and CISO of the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Steven Hernandez . 
• Ransomware – Tales from the Front Lines , a session at Security Congress, had some truly scary stories to share. 
• It’s time to stop portraying cyber as a grumpy, paranoid man! That at more insights from the Women in Security panel .