With increasingly sophisticated exploits and well-informed adversaries targeting systems and data, fighting for more security budget is essential. But security managers often have no idea how to justify their budget as a positive for the company. Security managers need to listen to upper management and understand what they are trying to accomplish, says Adrian Lane, security analyst and chief technology officer at the research firm Securosis. Avoid the mistake many new security managers make: assuming that security in and of itself is a desirable goal and offering management a stark choice of secure everything or die
Source: https://threatpost.com/securing-your-security-budget-failure-communicate-122310/74804/