Before You Approve the 2027 Security Budget

Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2611183/fa...) That cybersecurity budget request about to land on the CFO's desk is full of acronyms and tool names, and the number probably went up again. This episode gives you five questions that turn it into a business decision you can defend from either side of the table. Who it's for: CFOs and finance leaders who approve the budget, and the IT lead, security lead, MSP or vCISO who submits it. The five questions: 1. What would hurt most if it stopped working or leaked? 2. What do we own, and is it working for us? 3. What is required from outside, and what is a business call? 4. What becomes more likely if we cut this? 5. Who is accountable for the outcome? Free one-page worksheet that follows the five questions: https://corvus-cyber.com/the-2027-sec...   Chapters  0:00 The budget request about to land  2:03 Five questions and a one-page worksheet  3:01 1. What would hurt most  6:08 2. What do we own, and is it working  7:50 3. Required from outside vs a business call  10:10 4. What becomes more likely if we cut this  12:07 5. Who is accountable  13:47 The decision that fits on one page  15:13 Your move Sources  Verizon 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report: https://www.verizon.com/business/reso... Sophos, The State of Ransomware 2026: https://sophos.com/ransomware2026 IANS and Artico Search, 2026 Security Budget Benchmark: https://www.ians.com/blog/security-bu... The Rook is a show about the business decisions underneath cybersecurity headlines, by David Shaw of Corvus Cybersecurity. corvus-cyber.com The Rook · Corvus Cybersecurity · corvus-cyber.com · David Shaw, CISSP, GLEG