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# Quantifying Cyber Risk in Dollars: A Better Way to Fund and Prioritize OT Security
- URL: https://www.cybrsecmedia.com/quantifying-cyber-risk-in-dollars-a-better-way-to-fund-and-prioritize-ot-security/
- Published: 2026-04-21T18:01:04.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-21T18:01:04.000Z
- Author: Lauren Andrus
- Tags: OT.SEC.CON. 2026, video, OT Security

**Presenters:**

- [Hector Perez](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hector0315/?ref=cybrsecmedia.com)
- [David White](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwhite-axio/?ref=cybrsecmedia.com)

This talk argues that **security programs fail because they optimize for activity instead of outcomes**. Teams are busy—scanning, patching, monitoring—but not necessarily reducing real risk in a measurable way.

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## **Key takeaways**

- **Activity ≠ risk reduction**
  - More scans, alerts, and reports don’t mean you’re safer
  - Teams measure what’s easy (tickets closed, vulns patched)
  - But not what matters (actual exposure reduced)
- **Metrics are misleading**
  - KPIs often track volume and speed
  - Not effectiveness or impact
  - This creates a false sense of progress
- **Security work isn’t tied to outcomes**
  - Efforts aren’t mapped to business or operational risk
  - Teams can’t clearly show how their work reduces real-world impact
  - Leadership doesn’t get a clear picture of value
- **Prioritization breaks down without outcome focus**
  - Everything looks important
  - Work gets spread thin across low- and high-impact issues
  - Critical risks don’t get the attention they need
- **Programs need outcome-driven thinking**
  - What risk did we actually reduce?
  - What attack paths did we eliminate?
  - What business impact did we prevent?

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