proofpoint.com E-BOOK Metrics That Matter: The CISO’s Guide to Assessing, Prioritizing and Justifying Cybersecurity Budgets That Make Business SenseFrom Scapegoat to Strategist Mitigating Risk Selecting Solutions Dealing with Out-of-Cycle Needs Calculating and Communicating Budget Requirements Accelerating the Process Assessing Risk Tolerance SECTION 1 From scapegoat to strategist To understand just how much the role of the CISO has evolved in recent the years, consider the account of one executive at a recent Proofpoint roundtable. “When I started in the industry, the role of the CISO tended to be the role of a scapegoat,” he recalled. Executive leadership needed someone to blame if things went wrong. But often, they prioritized umbrella insurance policies over investm

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