Your solution is more than the by-product of technologies under the hood.

Don’t get stuck in the minutiae.

Articulating a complex enterprise cybersecurity product to a broad audience requires a delicate or careful approach. If the product presentation gets bogged down in the technological details and minutiae of the product features, the bigger picture may be lost. This can lead to confusion, frustration, and lack of interest among the audience. To avoid this, steps must be taken to ensure that the solution is presented in a simple, straightforward, and concise manner. The main focus should be on the benefits the product brings to the table, rather than its technicalities. The message should be able to demonstrate how the product will make the audience’s life easier and their data more secure.

Moreover, when messaging to a broad audience, the message must take into account the varying levels of technical expertise of the attendees. Technical terms should be kept to a minimum, and when they are used, they should be defined and explained in layman terms. The audience should be able to understand how the product will benefit them without having to have a technical background. Additionally, the messaging should strive to make the product presentation engaging and interactive, using visual aids and real-world examples to bring the message across effectively.

We can’t tell you how many times we see broad-scale messaging that highlight features and capabilities that are ubiquitous across the cybersecurity vendor solution space. Data Discovery & Classification technologies, for example, are becoming standard trim across a variety of vendor product architectures. Having a technology breakdown is nice to have, especially for your SEs, however, unless you have some serious product-led differentiation at the base layer you are better off leading with a results-oriented message. Otherwise, and we see it all the time, get ready for the CISOs “oh, we have one of those already”. retort.