For CISOs
CISOs are expected to speak the language of financial risk at the board table. Most arrive with patch compliance rates and phishing simulation scores. Üsta gives you the financial outputs your board and CFO actually need.
Request a Scoping CallThe Problem
Boards are now legally accountable for cyber risk: to regulators, auditors, and shareholders. They are asking questions that maturity scores and framework assessments cannot answer. What is our financial exposure? Are we spending the right amount? What would a breach cost us?
CISOs are caught in the middle. The security team speaks in controls and compliance. The board speaks in rands and risk appetite. There has been no credible translation layer between them.
“Only 21% of executives allocate their cyber budgets based on their organisation's highest risks.”
Industry research, 2024
What You Get
A probability-weighted financial baseline for your security budget conversations.
The financial return on each security investment, modelled before you commit the spend.
A board-ready summary of your financial risk position, scenario impacts, and recommended priorities.
Data breach, ransomware, third-party failure: each scenario modelled separately in financial terms.
Use Cases
Arrive at budget season with a quantified risk baseline. Show exactly what each rand of security spend reduces in expected loss, and what the residual exposure looks like at different investment levels.
Replace heat maps and maturity scores with financial loss distributions. Give your board the numbers they need to set risk appetite and satisfy their regulatory accountability.
Go into cyber insurance negotiations with an independent, actuarially derived view of your risk. Understand what coverage your exposure actually justifies.
When an incident occurs, respond to board and regulator enquiries with pre-established financial baselines rather than improvised estimates under pressure.
We will assess fit and walk you through exactly what the engagement would produce for your organisation and your board.