CISO and CIO Convergence: Ready or Not, Here It Comes
As companies continue to embrace the cloud, software-as-a-service (SaaS), and remote work, the million-dollar question is, How will things shake out? At this point there is no single, obvious path, nor should there be. How these roles intersect and come together — or if they even should — depends on so many factors, such as company size, industry, existing org charts, culture, existing IT setup, and future digital transformation plans, to name a few. Some security leaders feel things are working well as is. Others propose breaking it into two distinct functions: A business-oriented executive focused on risk management and compliance, and a more technical executive focused on threat prevention, detection, and response.
