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Use Case 02CFO · CISO · C-SUITE

Justify Cybersecurity
Budget Spend

The Question We Answer
“Which security investments actually reduce our financial risk, and by exactly how much?”
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Days to First Report
16
ML Risk Models Running Simultaneously
ROI
Modeled Before Spend
Platform Intelligence For Illustrative Purposes Only
Spend vs. Risk Reduction — Illustrative Model
Cyber Spend (% of IT Budget)8%
Industry Average Spend11%
Risk Buy-Down Achieved$172M
Challenges We Solve
  • CFOs reject security budgets when there is no financial business case or ROI proof
  • No existing tool shows which dollar of spend reduces the most risk before it is committed
  • CISOs remain on the defensive, unable to speak finance's language at budget reviews
How MTM® Delivers
  • ROI modeling showing exactly how much risk each proposed investment mitigates
  • Spend-to-risk-reduction ratios expressed in dollars, not maturity scores
  • Trend lines tied to real cyber insurance loss data for each risk category
  • Comparative spend analysis benchmarked against industry peers
Our Approach

MTM® maps every proposed security control to its actuarially modeled risk reduction impact. This lets CISOs present budget requests with forward-looking proof: here is what we plan to spend, and here is exactly how much risk it buys down.

Why It Matters

When security leaders speak CFO language, budgets stop being contested and start being optimized. MTM® turns a defensive budget conversation into a capital allocation discussion grounded in hard financial data.

The CFO Conversation Shift
MTM® transforms cybersecurity from a cost center into a capital allocation decision. Leaders using MTM® report being able to show exactly which controls buy down the most risk, enabling strategic budget conversations and faster approvals.
Trusted Across Industries

Your Sector. Your Scale.
Your Real Risk Exposure.

Real financial loss data from actual cyber insurance claims — filtered by your industry and company size.

Banks, credit unions, insurance carriers, investment firms, and real estate organizations
NAICS: Finance & Insurance · Real Estate · 3,296 claims in MTM® database
Top Threat Types
How Losses Break Down — by Cost Driver
$1.3M
avg  / 
$40M max
average total financial impact per event — includes response, litigation, economic losses & regulatory fines
From MTM® loss data
Source: MTM® Claims Database — 400,000+ real-world cyber insurance claims, 5-year dataset through March 2026. Figures reflect organizations matched by NAICS code, revenue band, and employee count.
Data current through March 2026 — updated bi-annually on this page. Get Current Data →

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