Gartner’s CFO Podcast

Cybersecurity for CFOs: What to Know and Why It’s Important

Episode Summary

In this CFO podcast episode, distinguished VP analyst Paul Proctor helps CFOs understand cybersecurity investment and why it’s critical they lean into this often-unfamiliar topic to drive business value.

Episode Notes

Eighty-eight percent of boards now consider cybersecurity a business issue, not a technology one. To treat cybersecurity as a business investment, CFOs need to know the business value of cybersecurity. Using outcome-driven metrics and the Gartner Cybersecurity Business Value Benchmark, CFOs can make informed investments that balance the need to protect with the need to run their business.