Matthew RosenquistFounder & CISO Advisor, Cybersecurity Insights · CISO, Cybersecurity Strategist, & Industry Advisor

Trust and Proving #cybersecurity Value

5 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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Matthew Rosenquist says cybersecurity teams need to earn leadership's trust by avoiding hype and communicating honestly about risks. That credibility is how you get the budget to actually deliver security value.

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I want to come back to the value of specifically leadership in cybersecurity. You really need to be in a position where people in the enterprise can trust you, all of the other business leaders and senior management. So don't overhype things. We need to stay grounded, but we need to be frank and work with our teams and management to get the budget that we need in order to do the jobs that we can do. I think that's really where it comes down to.