Download the Case Study. Explore the ROI. Transform Your Cybersecurity

It’s the story of how the University of Arizona redefined cyber risk management—shifting away from outdated, compliance-driven processes toward an agile, collaborative model. With Sibylity, they embedded security expertise into daily workflows, empowered resource teams, and developed effective security plans in just one hour per resource.

93.75% time savings per security plan (from 16+ hours to 1 hour)

CISOs, security and risk leaders, higher education institutions, and anyone seeking a scalable, economically viable model for cyber risk management.

Not at all. It’s about rethinking how security gets done—shifting ownership to resource teams, embedding just-in-time expertise, and building a culture of collaboration. Sibylity was the tool that made it possible, but the impact came from the transformation it enabled.

It estimates how much your organization could benefit—financially and operationally—by adopting the approach used at the University of Arizona. It models your potential risk reduction, efficiency gains, and overall ROI based on real-world data and your current organizational practices.

No. The calculator guides you through key questions about your visibility, culture, procurement practices, and more—then translates your answers into impact estimates, using industry baselines and the same logic applied in the case study.

No. While the case study focuses on higher education, the principles behind Sibylity’s model—distributed responsibility, embedded expertise, and agile planning—apply broadly across sectors.

They’re grounded in validated sector data (like IBM’s breach cost report) and reflect conservative modeling assumptions. The calculator adjusts for confidence, overlap between factors, and your organization’s maturity to give you credible, scenario-based estimates.

Traditional tools often ask for hard-to-estimate breach costs or assume static savings. This calculator uses a branching activity model and organizational practice inputs to reflect how real change happens—and how deeply it can impact both cost and risk.

The University of Arizona achieved their results using Sibylity, and the platform was purpose-built to support this model. However, the principles of the transformation—lean process design, distributed ownership, embedded guidance—can inspire improvements in any program.

Yes. The calculator provides outputs that are ideal for board presentations, budget requests, and internal planning—quantifying risk reduction, efficiency, and total value.

The transformation drew on decades of research in cybersecurity economics, safety culture, and decision science. Foundational thinkers like Ross Anderson, Tyler Moore, Russell Thomas, and Ashley Bye provided critical insights into why traditional approaches fail—and how to design something that actually works.

Because it helps explain the root cause of many security program failures: misaligned incentives. Their work showed that when those responsible for managing systems aren’t empowered or motivated to handle security, risk persists. The UArizona model realigns responsibility with capability—putting resource teams in charge of planning while central teams guide and orchestrate.

Developed by Thomas et al., the Branching Activity Model reframes breach impact as a probabilistic outcome of organizational behavior, not just static loss. This lets us model how improved planning, visibility, and culture can reduce both the severity and likelihood of security incidents. The calculator uses this to provide more realistic, behavior-sensitive ROI projections.

A major one. Research by Ashley Bye and others shows that engaged, collaborative security cultures lead to faster response times, better reporting, and stronger resilience. The UArizona approach prioritized cultural transformation—shifting from compliance checklists to ongoing risk-informed decision-making across the institution.

This model has been fully operationalized. Sibylity, the platform developed from the UArizona initiative, translates these research insights into practical workflows, guidance, and automation—demonstrating that theory-informed design can lead to measurable, scalable results.

Visit www.sibylsoft.com to request a demo, download whitepapers, or contact the team for a tailored consult.