How CSOs Can Turn Cybersecurity Into a Business Growth Strategy
TechTarget, Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
Security leaders move from gatekeeper to growth partner by talking outcomes instead of technical detail.
Christopher Squier makes the case that security leaders have to shift from defensive gatekeepers to strategic partners who enable growth.
The central move is communicating in business outcomes rather than technical jargon, and positioning risk management at the start of planning instead of as a final checkpoint.
That requires building working relationships with operational teams and understanding what they are trying to accomplish. He also argues for measuring security success through resilience and continuity metrics, and for designing controls that are usable enough that employees do not route around them.