Guided workshop: How much should businesses invest in their cyber security? How do you balance spend and risk? Using Gartner’s Protection Level Agreement (PLA) Framework, participants will be guided through the key considerations that influence cyber security investment decisions. The workshop will explore how to assess protection levels against business outcomes, rather than relying solely on technical controls or fear‑driven risk narratives.

Through collaborative discussion, outcome‑driven measures, and cross‑industry insights from fellow participants, the group will work through the PLA framework together. This interactive approach ensures the session is not only informative, but directly applicable to real‑world organisational contexts.

By the end of the workshop, participants will:

• Understand how the PLA framework works and how it can be applied within their organisation
• Learn best practices for aligning cyber security investment with business priorities and outcomes
• Gain practical insight into benchmarking protection levels across different industries
• Be able to articulate cyber security investment in positive, value‑based terms, rather than purely as risk mitigation

Who Should Attend: This workshop is ideal for CIOs, CISOs, Heads of IS, Heads of Risk and CFOs.