HQBE SaaS
The Platform for C-Suite & Board Consensus
Security leaders must manage increasingly complex operations while proving the value-for-spend of their programs — and demonstrating alignment to frameworks, controls, and standards.
HQBE SaaS solves this.
A centralized platform built specifically for the CISO and Security Management team, HQBE delivers executive clarity, program visibility, and defensible decision-making.
With HQBE’s cybersecurity economic metrics, you can finally quantify and communicate protection outcomes and value-for-spend in language the C-Suite and Board understand.
By CISOs — For CISOs
HQBE is designed by CISOs, for CISOs — built on decades of real-world experience advising hundreds of organizations, shaping national cyber strategies, and leading programs across SMEs and Global 500 enterprises.
Unlike traditional assessments and frameworks, HQBE incorporates the business, management, and threat context security leaders need but rarely get.
With HQBE, security teams gain the data required to inform, justify, and defend decisions with executives — in a fraction of the time, effort, and cost previously required.
More Than Executive Alignment — Better Security Program Management
HQBE doesn’t just improve communication. It strengthens the entire cybersecurity program with consistency, visibility, and operational control across people, vendors, technologies, and deliverables.
HQBE SaaS: Key Features
Translate Security Into Executive Language
Transform the jargon of “doing security” into clear, visual risk-exposure narratives tailored for the C-Suite and Board.
Quantify Budget-to-Risk Impact
Show how budget increases or reductions directly affect business risk exposure.
Real-Time Metrics & Delivery Tracking
Monitor KPIs, deliverables, and performance trends to catch both strong execution and early deviations.
Full Visibility Across People, Vendors & Technology
Centralize oversight of assets, owners, vendors, timelines, and dependencies — at any scale.
Model Change With Executive-Friendly Visuals
Use simple, powerful visuals to build consensus on risk appetite, priorities, and investment expectations.
Generate Prioritized, Resourced Action Plans
Produce actionable roadmaps with clear resource and budget requirements tied to modeled improvements.
Prove Framework Alignment
Cross-reference progress against common security frameworks for instant oversight confidence.
What CISOs Are Saying
“We needed to communicate our security journey on our own terms — nothing on the market enables this like Cyberseconomics.”
– Retail CISO
“I would have purchased Cyberseconomics for the budget planning alone — it makes what was previously difficult remarkably easy.”
– Insurance CISO
“I used Cyberseconomics as the centerpiece of my board presentation and walked out with approval to double my headcount.”
– Financial CISO
Getting Started With HQBE SaaS
Whether improving your controls assessment, building a Board presentation, inventorying security resources, or rolling out an enterprise-wide metrics capability — HQBE SaaS makes it simple.
Roll out at any pace and scale — tailored to your organization’s maturity and needs.
Communicate with the C-Suite in Business Terms
Translate the jargon of ‘doing security’ into real-world protection and cyber risk exposure narratives that actually resonate with Executives.
Model Protection Outcomes
Enable Executives to choose 'what good looks like' to them so they can easily show fiduciary duty and defend the opportunity cost of the security budget.
Correlate Budgets to Outcomes
To ensure the CISO isn't liable for cyber risk they weren't funded to effectively handle.
Guide, Track, and Optimize Delivery
With a comprehensive suite of metrics, assessments, and analytics tools; and centralize the visibility and accountability of security deliverables and assets.