Can Security Be a Profit Center?

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series Is it possible to position your security team as a profit center instead of the traditional cost center reporting to the CIO? Check out this post for the discussion that are the basis of our conversation on this week's episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Steve Zalewski. Our guest is Michael Weiss, CISO, Human Interest. Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Optiv The modern enterprise needs a solution as unique as its business.   Optiv's Advanced Detection and Response (ADR) works with your organization to comb through the D&R clutter and find the ideal security solutions for your business. ADR delivers tailored detection and response backed by technology, real-time intel and deep expertise applied at touch. Bottom line: ADR finds and neutralizes threats fast, so you can focus on what matters. In this episode: Is it possible to position your security team as a profit center instead of the traditional cost center reporting to the CIO? Is security still primarily an efficiency conversation or has effectiveness now changed the dialogue on how success is measured? How to go about measuring the value cybersecurity provides the enterprise. We examine the problems that can arise when security is treated as a profit center.