Learn how to speak the board’s language, secure funding faster, and make better strategic choices.
A strategy workshop for cybersecurity leaders who need to win the boardroom.
Strategic Finance for CISOs is a two-hour, high-impact workshop designed to help you translate security initiatives into the language of finance, strategy, and business outcomes. You’ll learn how to frame options, trade-offs, and the cost of delay in ways that boards can act on.
This isn’t a webinar and it’s not vendor training. It’s a working session where you’ll get practical tools, a ready-to-use Board Reporting Kit, and the confidence to shift the conversation from controls and compliance to cash, revenue, and resilience.
By the end, you won’t just know how to defend your budget — you’ll know how to shape investment decisions as a strategic multiplier, not a risk manager.
* You only need to attend a single session. You will see charges from Identient on your credit card statement. All payments are processed through Stripe.
Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) who need to win board support for major initiatives
Cybersecurity Directors and VPs tasked with building investment cases and managing limited budgets
CIOs and CTOs who want security investments tied directly to business outcomes
Aspiring CISOs or vCISOs looking to sharpen their financial storytelling before stepping into the role
Anyone navigating board-level trade-offs where risk math isn’t enough and financial clarity is the difference between approval and rejection
One 2-hour live session (Zoom) with interactive exercises
Walkthrough of the Board Reporting Kit, including Google Sheets calculators and Google Slides templates
Real-world scenarios drawn from current board challenges (IAM, compliance, resilience)
Live Q&A and discussion to apply the tools to your context
Recording provided for registrants, with lifetime access to the kit
Facilitation by Steve Tout, CEO of Identient and author of The CISO on the Razor’s Edge
A practical toolkit to frame cybersecurity in financial and strategic terms
The ability to show urgency and trade-offs in a way boards respect
Board-ready templates that cut through risk math and heatmaps
Confidence to step beyond risk manager and act as a strategic multiplier
A $995 Board Reporting Kit included with registration — includes lifetime updates
Steve is the Founder and CEO of Identient, a start-up in the Greater Seattle Area helping organizations turn cybersecurity into a strategic business advantage. With deep expertise in enterprise IAM, cybersecurity consulting, and program delivery, Steve has spearheaded transformations for Fortune 500s, startups, and government agencies alike. His leadership spans post-incident response & recovery, CIAM strategy & deployment, and public-sector modernization in Washington State. As host of The Strategy Layer podcast and producer of Candid CISO, Steve engages global leaders on cybersecurity’s future. He bridges technical depth with strategic clarity to drive scalable IAM strategies that reduce risk and unlock strategic innovation. Steve has an MBA from Santa Clara University, and a Bachelors of Science in IT from University of Phoenix.
It’s designed for CISOs, cybersecurity directors, CIOs, and security leaders who need to frame their initiatives in financial and strategic terms for the board.
You’ll get access to the 2-hour live workshop, the full Board Reporting Kit ($995 value), slides, calculators, and a session recording.
No. The tools are designed for security leaders, not accountants. You’ll learn simple, board-ready ways to show trade-offs, cost of delay, and outcomes.
Yes. We’ll walk through the kit together, apply it to live scenarios, and leave time for Q&A so you can apply it to your own challenges.
Absolutely. The kit is yours to keep and reuse for future board cycles, strategy planning, and investment cases.
* You only need to attend a single session. You will see charges from Identient on your credit card statement. All payments are processed through Stripe.
