What Executives Want From Cybersecurity

Clarity. Accountability. Measurable Protection.

Executives want three things from cybersecurity:

1. 1. A clear picture of how well the organization is protected
   2. A justified, transparent link between budget and protection
   3. A way to track progress, performance, and accountability over time

But today’s security reporting — vulnerabilities, dashboards, maturity scores, compliance status — doesn’t answer these questions.

Cybersecurity and Executives Aren’t Speaking the Same Language

The result is predictable:

• Misaligned expectations

• Recurring budget tension

• Difficulty proving value

• And weak correlation between investment and protection

This is not a failure of effort — it is a failure of the underlying model.

The Cyberseconomics Solution

Cyberseconomics bridges the gap between cybersecurity and executives by translating the ‘jargon of security’ into quantified protection outcomes.

We do this by unifying and quantifying how: investment → resources → effort → controls → protection → risk all connect — and how they should be managed.

Built by CISOs for CISOs

At the center is HQBE, a SaaS platform designed specifically for the CISO and security management team to finally unify the security, risk, and executive conversation.

HQBE enables you to:

• Visualize protection performance vs. risk exposure

• Show how budget changes affect protection outcomes

• Track roadmaps, resources, and security assets

• Show alignment to to common security frameworks

• Produce executive- and Board-ready reports

• Maintain a live system-of-record and audit trail

HQBE transforms cybersecurity from a cost-center into a predictable, measurable business function.

What You Get with Cyberseconomics

You receive an executive-ready protection report and plan — effectively a cybersecurity business case and business plan — designed to establish consensus between Security, the C-Suite, and the Board.

This includes:

Protection & Performance Clarity

• Your current protection status

• Clear insight into what your budget is actually buying

• A definition of what “good” looks like — tailored to your organization

Strategic & Operational Direction

• A prioritized, risk-aligned strategic roadmap

• Tactical action plans and investment needs

• A current-state controls capability assessment

With HQBE SaaS, You Also Gain:

• Defensible decision-making driven by consistent metrics

• Major reductions in time spent on meetings, assessments, and audits

• A system-of-record for governance, accountability, and oversight

• Continuous improvement guided by measurable protection outcomes

Cyberseconomics replaces ambiguity with clarity, debate with consensus, and guesswork with quantifiable protection.

Cyberseconomics Is For:

CISOs & Security Leaders
Who need a clear, defensible way to demonstrate what protection their teams are delivering and what budget is required to improve it.

CEOs, CFOs & Business Executives
Who want cybersecurity framed in business terms — measurable protection, clear trade-offs, and transparent investment decisions.

Boards & Audit Committees
Who require oversight, accountability, and confidence that cybersecurity strategy, budget, and protection outcomes are aligned.

Risk, Compliance & IT Leaders
Who must align controls, assurance, and operational performance with enterprise risk expectations and regulatory demands.

Organizations from small to global enterprise
Any organization that needs a scalable, structured, and economically grounded way to understand and improve its cybersecurity protection.

An Integrated Technology and Services Approach

Elite Security Services.

Powered by HQBE SaaS.

Bring Clarity.

Strengthen Oversight.

Improve Outcomes.

Cyberseconomics delivers a simple, scalable model — supported by technology, services, or both — that enables executives and cybersecurity teams to operate with shared understanding, measurable expectations, and aligned decisions.

Let’s bring clarity back to cybersecurity.

LetsTalk@Cyberseconomics.com