How to Request Security Budget from Your CFO and Exec Teams

Security and finance teams both care deeply about risk, but they define and measure it differently. Security leaders often lead with controls, frameworks, and technical severity, while finance executives focus on outcomes like revenue, predictability, and cost containment. But when security conversations don’t clearly connect to financial impact, budget requests can stall. Framing risk in a way that aligns with executive priorities can help security leaders bridge the cross-departm…