CISOs face three mounting pressures: attackers growing more capable and innovative, technology environments becoming more complex with larger attack surfaces, and the role expanding far beyond security into privacy, compliance, vendor management, and insurance.
The CISO role is becoming more complicated. Let's look at 3 aspects quickly. First, there is the ever-increasing capabilities and scale of the cyber attackers. They're constantly innovating. We have to deal with that. Number 2, the complexity of our world increases as we adopt new infrastructures and technologies. That ultimately changes the battlefield and opens up new lines of attack. We have to be worried anytime the infrastructure or users are using new technologies. That changes the game. And third, the overall expectations are growing for the CISO. Many CISOs are being asked to oversee product security now, not just the infrastructure. They're being asked to look at privacy, safety, regulatory compliance, governance, even contractual aspects for vendors, insurance, and new deals, right? These are all important, but they add to the big job that cybersecurity CISOs have to do in the first place. It puts more stress and strain. It requires more expertise. And it's challenging. We have to be ready.
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