And then folks can gasp and faint like goats and pretend they didn’t know.
It reminds me of the time I met an IT manager who dint have an IT background. Outsourced hilarity ensued through sales people who were also non-technical.
Sec lead might have a pretty darn clear idea of an out of whack creation of risk v reward. CEO disagrees. Risk accept and move on.
When you’re technical and eventually realize there’s a business to survive behind the tech skills, this is the stuff you learn how to do.
People “will know” as you say because it’s all documented and professionally escalated.