When Is A CISO Not A CISO?

Hint: When you forget the “C” and the “O”

There are lots of people who carry the title of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). There are so many people with the title that industry pundits are starting to classify CISOs into different buckets, to try to explain why people with the same title do different things. There is no doubt that there are many CISOs who, depending on their organization, do many different kind of roles. But giving everyone the same title while the scope of their role is so varied only serves to make the CISO role more confusing…