Among my fellow CISOs, the conversation has shifted. The challenge now is to translate this reality into a business case that resonates with executive leadership and drives investment in remediation capacity. Here are six ways to do this.
Treat security debt like financial debt
Security debt behaves much like financial debt. It accumulates over time, compounds when left unmanaged and creates ongoing costs for the business. Those costs show up in delayed releases, emergency remediation efforts, audit findings and incident response.
Managing it effectively requires the same discipline applied to financial risk. That means measuring total and critical debt, setting reduction targets and tracking progress over time. It also means distinguishing between acceptable and unacceptable levels of risk, rather than treating all vulnerabilities as equal.
