Cyber threats, budgets and frameworks

Security Insights · Oct 1, 2026 · 29m

In the face of growing cyber threats, the obvious step is to ask for more budget.

But does spending more on security tools always improve an organisation’s defences? Are there more effective ways for cybersecurity teams to marshal their resources?

This is where security frameworks come in. Standards such as TOGAF, Open FAIR, zero trust architecture and an upcoming framework on security roles from the Open Group are all vital tools to help CISOs define what they need to defend, and how.

Our guest is John Lindford, Forum Director of The Open Group’s Security Portfolio.