Tips to approve Security Business Projects

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At RSA 2010 James Anderson, Executive security consultant at Emagined Security, gives me insight into his session: Security Business cases – Fact and fiction in selling security. More specifically, we talk about the following:

Steps to walk through in creating a security business case to get approval for your security project and hard versus soft benefits
[3:43] Tips on creating the business case
[5:43] Key flaws in logic when people present their business case
Where security risk analysis plays a good role to build your case
[9:14] Examples of where security can be tied to revenue
[12:28] Examples of security adding value which don't fall directly into the hard or soft benefit categories
[15:35] Recommended resources for learning more on these topic areas and where he would like to see the industry go. How you can tell a CISO is good.