Bare Metal Cyber

S2E69 - Metrics That Move Money

Published: July 16, 2026

Duration: 20:34

Security budgets rarely shift because of bigger dashboards. They shift when leaders can see, in plain business terms, how specific security gaps shape financial exposure and how targeted investments change that picture. This narrated edition of Metrics That Move Money: Turning Security Data into Budget Decisions walks through how senior teams can move past activity counts and into a shared financial language for cyber risk. Grounded in my Wednesday “Headline” feature from Bare Metal Cyber Magazine, the episode explores why so many familiar metrics fail to influence funding, and how narrative metrics built around coverage, exposure, time at risk, and...