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Virtual Or Full-Time CISO: ROI Calculator On Security Leadership<\/a><\/p>\n

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16 Jun<\/span> Virtual Or Full-Time CISO: ROI Calculator On Security Leadership<\/h2>\n

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This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine<\/h6>\n

Sausalito, Calif. \u2013 Jun. 16, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Read the full story from LinkedIn<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a02026 CISO Report\u00a0by Cybersecurity Ventures, published in partnership with Sophos, lays out numbers that explain why mid-market cybersecurity is broken and why the problem isn\u2019t a lack of tools,\u00a0writes\u00a0Fabe Hausner, founder and CEO at Woodlands Advisory, GmbH, a Heidelberg, Germany-based specialist consultancy for cybersecurity and compliance.<\/p>\n

Particularly relevant for the central European market encompassing Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, Hausner points to these findings in the report:<\/p>\n

Germany allocates 9.5 percent of its IT budget to cybersecurity, the lowest share in the report\u2019s country comparison (India, the highest, sits at 24 percent);<\/p>\n

90 percent of companies are small and close to zero percent of them employ a dedicated security officer;<\/p>\n

Four out of five small businesses experienced a security or data breach over the last year, and more than three-quarters report costs of at least $250,000 per incident.<\/p>\n

Hausner on the economics around renting or buying a CISO:<\/p>\n

A dedicated CISO costs $250,000 to $400,000 per year, according to the\u00a02026 CISO Report, while a vCISO model lands at $40,000 to $120,000 with access to senior expertise.<\/p>\n

For anyone wanting to run the numbers on their own business, Woodlands Advisory GmbH built\u00a0a calculator that compares internal CISO cost vs. a vCISO setup\u00a0based on headcount, revenue and required hours.<\/p>\n

What does security really cost you? Enter your key data into the calculator \u2014 and you\u2019ll find out the real cost difference.<\/p>\n

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