Has CISO Become The Least Desirable Role In Business?
CSO Online, Monday, July 7th, 2025
Problematic reporting structures, outsized responsibility for enterprise risk, and personal accountability without authority are just a few reasons CISO roles are experiencing high churn.
After nine years as CSO and senior vice president of IT at Sumo Logic, George Gerchow had had enough. The job was stressful and he was burnt out. So, after some soul searching, he took a different job - as head of trust - at MongoDB. Not long after he arrived, the CISO quit, 'which is a pattern that I'm seeing over and over again,' Gerchow says.
Then, Gerchow became the interim CISO.