JOSEPH GABRIEL LAGONSIN
News Editor
EC-Council has released its Certified CISO Hall of Fame report, based on responses from 346 Certified CISOs across more than 87 countries.
The report recognises 50 cybersecurity executives from organisations including Microsoft, Google, Amazon Web Services, Citibank, PwC, KPMG, Accenture and the World Bank Group. It explores how the Chief Information Security Officer role is changing as artificial intelligence, governance and board-level risk rise up the corporate agenda.
The findings suggest technical oversight is no longer viewed as the defining feature of the senior cybersecurity post. Respondents instead identified business risk, resilience, executive communication and financial accountability as core parts of the role.
Artificial intelligence featured heavily in the survey. Three in four respondents said AI threat response capability will be the most important executive cybersecurity leadership trait through 2028, while 80% said their organisations are already integrating or moving towards AI-based cybersecurity…
