Industries/Cybersecurity

AI Economics for Cybersecurity

Security debt compounds faster than any other form of technical debt because the cost of failure is a breach — not slower features, but data loss, regulatory fines, and destroyed trust.

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Security Debt Accumulation

Deferred security patches, deferred reviews, and authentication shortcuts create security debt that increases exposure risks.

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AI Detection COGS

Threat detection processes millions of events. Inference is costly, and false positives determine if AI is margin-viable.

Zero-Day Response Economics

When a zero-day is disclosed, every hour unpatched increases exposure. Velocity on security patches must override sprint plans.

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Compliance Overhead

SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, CMMC, and FedRAMP create layered compliance requirements that add compounding engineering overhead.

How I Help Cybersecurity Companies

  • Quantify security debt in breach risk dollars, not just vulnerability counts
  • Model AI detection feature economics — false positive cost vs detection value
  • Calculate compliance engineering overhead across multiple framework certifications

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Richard Ewing — AI Economist & Capital Auditor