The power in corporations will pretty much always lie with profit centers (i.e. sales) over cost centers (i.e. security). I'd doubt that almost any company will

The power in corporations will pretty much always lie with profit centers (i.e. sales) over cost centers (i.e. security). I'd doubt that almost any company will be able to overcome that. Better to focus on mitigation of risks than fight political battles that you're not going to win as an infosec team IMHO.