New research reveals the “language barrier” holding back cybersecurity investment

This research summary reports on a survey of 300 security and finance leaders and identifies a persistent CISO–CFO disconnect: security teams often present metrics (like maturity benchmarks) that finance finds unhelpful, underemphasize financial impact when defining unacceptable risk, and frequently fail to engage CFOs directly. The report advises translating security outcomes into financial terms (likelihood and cost of breach, ROI of resilience), tying initiatives to business outcomes (revenue protection, operational continuity, customer trust), and prioritizing direct CISO–CFO collaboration and clearer business cases to improve cybersecurity investment decisions.