Challenge
For this global consumer goods enterprise, scale had become a liability in risk management. With over 100,000 employees operating across disparate regions, their view of risk was dangerously fragmented; different business units used inconsistent assessment methods, creating a blind spot at the enterprise level. More critically, they lacked the "Rosetta Stone" to translate technical vulnerabilities into financial reality for the board. This disconnect caused prioritization issues, where security leaders struggled to justify budgets or focus on the most financially damaging threats because they couldn't prove the value of their defense in hard currency.
Solution
The turning point came with the implementation of ThreatConnect’s Risk Quantifier (RQ), which replaced ad-hoc guesswork with a unified, data-driven framework. Instead of relying on vague "high-medium-low" heatmaps, the team began quantifying cyber risk in clear financial terms (USD). By integrating threat intelligence with asset values, RQ enabled them to model the potential financial loss of specific attack vectors. This shift allowed the team to prioritize remediation based on business impact rather than just technical severity, ensuring that resources were always focused on preventing the most expensive disasters rather than just the noisiest alerts.
Outcome
The result was a fundamental change in the boardroom dynamic: silence and confusion were replaced by executive clarity and investment confidence. Security leaders could finally demonstrate the ROI of their initiatives, showing exactly how risk reduction efforts aligned with broader strategic goals. As the company’s Compliance Leader stated, “RQ helps quantify the risk to business in terms of values,” bridging the gap between the SOC and the C-suite. Today, they operate with true strategic alignment, where every security dollar spent is backed by data proving its contribution to the company’s financial resilience.