CISO Strategy Guide: How security leaders can score more budget and transform their position with a seat at the table
Despite its critical role in shielding a company - and in turn, its customers - from the myriad of cyber threats arrayed against it, cybersecurity budgets can still be viewed as cost centers by the C-Suite, not to mention other key stakeholders. On the other side, some CISOs struggle to dispel this sentiment with fellow executives or members of the board of directors.
Even with the current economic headwinds, there is a better approach that can help preserve - even enhance - cybersecurity budgets that are under the microscope. World-class CISOs are rising to the occasion, justifying the value of holistic security programs, and successfully positioning their strategy and teams as valuable assets worth considerable ongoing investment.
In this all-new strategy guide, you will learn:
- The current challenges CISOs face in defending their organizations from a growing range of cyber threats
- Four methods to change the conversation in the boardroom and win greater support
- How to tie business objectives to cybersecurity goals for better security outcomes.

Secure Code Warrior is here for your organization to help you secure code across the entire software development lifecycle and create a culture in which cybersecurity is top of mind. Whether you’re an AppSec Manager, Developer, CISO, or anyone involved in security, we can help your organization reduce risks associated with insecure code.
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Despite its critical role in shielding a company - and in turn, its customers - from the myriad of cyber threats arrayed against it, cybersecurity budgets can still be viewed as cost centers by the C-Suite, not to mention other key stakeholders. On the other side, some CISOs struggle to dispel this sentiment with fellow executives or members of the board of directors.
Even with the current economic headwinds, there is a better approach that can help preserve - even enhance - cybersecurity budgets that are under the microscope. World-class CISOs are rising to the occasion, justifying the value of holistic security programs, and successfully positioning their strategy and teams as valuable assets worth considerable ongoing investment.
In this all-new strategy guide, you will learn:
- The current challenges CISOs face in defending their organizations from a growing range of cyber threats
- Four methods to change the conversation in the boardroom and win greater support
- How to tie business objectives to cybersecurity goals for better security outcomes.

Despite its critical role in shielding a company - and in turn, its customers - from the myriad of cyber threats arrayed against it, cybersecurity budgets can still be viewed as cost centers by the C-Suite, not to mention other key stakeholders. On the other side, some CISOs struggle to dispel this sentiment with fellow executives or members of the board of directors.
Even with the current economic headwinds, there is a better approach that can help preserve - even enhance - cybersecurity budgets that are under the microscope. World-class CISOs are rising to the occasion, justifying the value of holistic security programs, and successfully positioning their strategy and teams as valuable assets worth considerable ongoing investment.
In this all-new strategy guide, you will learn:
- The current challenges CISOs face in defending their organizations from a growing range of cyber threats
- Four methods to change the conversation in the boardroom and win greater support
- How to tie business objectives to cybersecurity goals for better security outcomes.

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Secure Code Warrior is here for your organization to help you secure code across the entire software development lifecycle and create a culture in which cybersecurity is top of mind. Whether you’re an AppSec Manager, Developer, CISO, or anyone involved in security, we can help your organization reduce risks associated with insecure code.
View reportBook a demoDespite its critical role in shielding a company - and in turn, its customers - from the myriad of cyber threats arrayed against it, cybersecurity budgets can still be viewed as cost centers by the C-Suite, not to mention other key stakeholders. On the other side, some CISOs struggle to dispel this sentiment with fellow executives or members of the board of directors.
Even with the current economic headwinds, there is a better approach that can help preserve - even enhance - cybersecurity budgets that are under the microscope. World-class CISOs are rising to the occasion, justifying the value of holistic security programs, and successfully positioning their strategy and teams as valuable assets worth considerable ongoing investment.
In this all-new strategy guide, you will learn:
- The current challenges CISOs face in defending their organizations from a growing range of cyber threats
- Four methods to change the conversation in the boardroom and win greater support
- How to tie business objectives to cybersecurity goals for better security outcomes.
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Secure Code Warrior is here for your organization to help you secure code across the entire software development lifecycle and create a culture in which cybersecurity is top of mind. Whether you’re an AppSec Manager, Developer, CISO, or anyone involved in security, we can help your organization reduce risks associated with insecure code.
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Secure by Design: Defining Best Practices, Enabling Developers and Benchmarking Preventative Security Outcomes
In this research paper, Secure Code Warrior co-founders, Pieter Danhieux and Dr. Matias Madou, Ph.D., along with expert contributors, Chris Inglis, Former US National Cyber Director (now Strategic Advisor to Paladin Capital Group), and Devin Lynch, Senior Director, Paladin Global Institute, will reveal key findings from over twenty in-depth interviews with enterprise security leaders including CISOs, a VP of Application Security, and software security professionals.
Benchmarking Security Skills: Streamlining Secure-by-Design in the Enterprise
Finding meaningful data on the success of Secure-by-Design initiatives is notoriously difficult. CISOs are often challenged when attempting to prove the return on investment (ROI) and business value of security program activities at both the people and company levels. Not to mention, it’s particularly difficult for enterprises to gain insights into how their organizations are benchmarked against current industry standards. The President’s National Cybersecurity Strategy challenged stakeholders to “embrace security and resilience by design.” The key to making Secure-by-Design initiatives work is not only giving developers the skills to ensure secure code, but also assuring the regulators that those skills are in place. In this presentation, we share a myriad of qualitative and quantitative data, derived from multiple primary sources, including internal data points collected from over 250,000 developers, data-driven customer insights, and public studies. Leveraging this aggregation of data points, we aim to communicate a vision of the current state of Secure-by-Design initiatives across multiple verticals. The report details why this space is currently underutilized, the significant impact a successful upskilling program can have on cybersecurity risk mitigation, and the potential to eliminate categories of vulnerabilities from a codebase.
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Revealed: How the Cyber Industry Defines Secure by Design
In our latest white paper, our Co-Founders, Pieter Danhieux and Dr. Matias Madou, Ph.D., sat down with over twenty enterprise security leaders, including CISOs, AppSec leaders and security professionals, to figure out the key pieces of this puzzle and uncover the reality behind the Secure by Design movement. It’s a shared ambition across the security teams, but no shared playbook.
Is Vibe Coding Going to Turn Your Codebase Into a Frat Party?
Vibe coding is like a college frat party, and AI is the centerpiece of all the festivities, the keg. It’s a lot of fun to let loose, get creative, and see where your imagination can take you, but after a few keg stands, drinking (or, using AI) in moderation is undoubtedly the safer long-term solution.