Should a CISO reports to the CIO or the CEO?

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Director in Finance (non-banking)6 years ago

CEO not CIO... CISO and CIO often have conflicting priorities and metrics... the CIO measured on uptime will not want the CISO taking systems down to patch, etc.

Director of Operations6 years ago

CISO should report to COO or the CEO.

Managing Director in Software6 years ago

Shifting the CISO Reporting Structure. According to K logix, more than half of CISOs report to the chief information officer (CIO) while 15 percent report to the chief executive officer (CEO). The rest report to the chief operation officer (COO) or a risk management leade

Head of IT Service Operations (APAC/EMEA) in Software6 years ago

CEO, however depond how an organization is structured.

Managing Director in Software6 years ago

CEO not CIO

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