Cybersecurity Needs A Leader, So Let's Stop Debating And Start Deciding
Help Net Secuity, Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
Have you ever heard anyone earnestly ask in a business, 'Who owns legal?' or 'Who sets the financial strategy?' Probably not - it should be obvious, right? Yet, when it comes to cybersecurity, the question of ownership still seems to spark endless debates.
That might have been understandable back in the 1990s when key security roles like the CISO were still being ironed out. But these days, it should be a serious red flag.
Security has long since ceased to be a niche technical concern - it's a fundamental business function. That's why it's frustrating to still see organizations treating it as a novel idea or an afterthought, wedging it somewhere between IT and compliance with no clear leader or direction.