Which position is typically considered the top information security officer in the organization?

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What job title describes the typical top information security position?
Is the title most commonly associated with the top information security officer in the organization?
What is the role of a chief information security officer?
What are the 3 common types of CISO?

A chief information security officer (CISO) is a senior-level executive within an organization responsible for establishing and maintaining the enterprise vision, strategy, and program to ensure information assets and technologies are adequately protected. The CISO directs staff in identifying, developing, implementing, and maintaining processes across the enterprise to reduce information and information technology (IT) risks. They respond to incidents, establish appropriate standards and controls, manage security technologies, and direct the establishment and implementation of policies and procedures. The CISO is also usually responsible for information-related compliance (e.g. supervises the implementation to achieve ISO/IEC 27001 certification for an entity or a part of it). The CISO is also responsible for protecting proprietary information and assets of the company, including the data of clients and consumers. CISO works with other executives to make sure the company is growing in a responsible and ethical manner.

Typically, the CISO's influence reaches the entire organization. Responsibilities may include, but not be limited to:

Computer emergency response team/computer security incident response team
Cybersecurity
Disaster recovery and business continuity management
Identity and access management
Information privacy
Information regulatory compliance (e.g., US PCI DSS, FISMA, GLBA, HIPAA; UK Data Protection Act 1998; Canada PIPEDA, Europe GDPR)
Information risk management
Information security and information assurance
Information security operations center (ISOC)
Information technology controls for financial and other systems
IT investigations, digital forensics, eDiscovery

Having a CISO or an equivalent function in organizations has become standard practice in business, government, and non-profits organizations. By 2009, approximately 85% of large organizations had a security executive, up from 56% in 2008, and 43% in 2006. In 2018, The Global State of Information Security Survey 2018 (GSISS), a joint survey conducted by CIO, CSO, and PwC,[1][2] concluded that 85% of businesses have a CISO or equivalent. The role of CISO has broadened to encompass risks found in business processes, information security, customer privacy, and more. As a result, there is a trend now to no longer embed the CISO function within the IT group. In 2019, only 24% of CISOs report to a chief information officer (CIO), while 40% report directly to a chief executive officer (CEO), and 27% bypass the CEO and report to the board of directors. Embedding the CISO function under the reporting structure of the CIO is considered suboptimal, because there is a potential for conflicts of interest and because the responsibilities of the role extend beyond the nature of responsibilities of the IT group.

In corporations, the trend is for CISOs to have a strong balance of business acumen and technology knowledge. CISOs are often in high demand and compensation is comparable to other C-level positions that also hold a similar corporate title.

A typical CISO holds non-technical certifications (like CISSP and CISM), although a CISO coming from a technical background will have an expanded technical skillset. Other typical training includes project management to manage the information security program, financial management (e.g. holding an accredited MBA) to manage infosec budgets, and soft-skills to direct heterogeneous teams of information security managers, directors of information security, security analysts, security engineers and technology risk managers. Recently, given the involvement of CISO with Privacy matters, certifications like CIPP are highly requested.

A recent development in this area is the emergence of "Virtual" CISOs (vCISO, also called "Fractional CISO").[3] These CISOs work on a shared or fractional basis, for organizations that may not be large enough to support a full-time executive CISO, or that may wish to, for a variety of reasons, have a specialized external executive performing this role. vCISOs typically perform similar functions to traditional CISOs, and may also function as a "interim" CISO while a company normally employing a traditional CISO is searching for a replacement.[4] Key areas that vCISOs can support an organization include:

Advising on all forms of cyber risk and plans to address them
Board, management team, and security team coaching
Vendor product and service evaluation and selection
Maturity modeling operations and engineering team processes, capability and skills
Board and management team briefings and updates
Operating and Capital budget planning and review

Information security
- Information security governance
- Information security management
Board of Directors
Chief data officer
Chief executive officer
Chief information officer
Chief risk officer
Chief security officer

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20 Questions | Total Attempts: 319

The general management community of interest must work with the information security professionals to integate solid information security concepts into the personnel management pratices of the organization
The use of standard job descriptions can increase the degree of professionalism in the information
The security manager position is much more general than that of CISO
The position of security technician can be offered as an entry level position
All of the existing certifications are fully understood by hiring organizations
The model used often by large organizations places the information security department within the ____ department
The information security fucntion can be palced within the ____
- Insurance and risk management function
- Administrative services fucntion
_____ are often involved in national security and cyber-security tasks and move from those environments into the more business oriented world of information security
Many information security professionals enter the field from traditional ____ assignments
A study of information positions, done by schwartz, erwin, weafer, and briney, found that positions can be classified into one of ____ areas
The ____ position is typically considered the top information security officer in the organization
____ are the technically qualified individuals tasked to configure firewalls,deploy IDSs, implement security software, diagnose and troubleshoot problems, and coordinate with systems and network administrators to ensure that an organization's security technology is properly implemented
The breadth and depth covered in each of the domains makes the ____ one of the most difficult to attain certifications on the market
The ____ examination is designed to provide cissps with a mechanism to demonstrate competence in the more in-depth and concentrated requirments of information security management
____ was designed to recognize mastery of an international standard for information security and a common body of knowledge (somtimes called the CBK)
The sscp exam consists of ____ multiple choice questions, and must be completed within three hours
System administration networking and security organization is better known as ____
____ are hired by the organization to serve in a temporary position or to supplement the existing workforce
____ is a cornerstore in the protection of information assets and in the prevention of financial loss
_____ is the requirement that every employee be able to perform the work of another employee

Safety
Accident
Security Forces
Security Awareness

What job title describes the typical top information security position?

The most common career paths for Information Security Professionals are CISO(Chief Information Security Officer) or CIO(Chief Information Officer).

Is the title most commonly associated with the top information security officer in the organization?

The CISO is typically considered the top information security officer in an organization. The CISO is usually not an executive-level position, and frequently the person in this role reports to the CIO.

What is the role of a chief information security officer?

What Is a CISO? CISO stands for chief information security officer. CISOs work alongside company officers, business managers, cyber security teams, and IT managers to effectively monitor and maintain the security of their organization's applications, databases, computers, and websites.