The CISO-COO Partnership: Protecting Operational Excellence
Dark Reading, December 12,2025
Digital transformation has made cybersecurity preparation part of operational resilience for most organizations. This calls for a new relationship between CISO and COO.
At first glance, the chief information security officer and chief operating officer appear to operate in fundamentally different worlds - perhaps even at odds with one another. While the CISO is preoccupied with threat vectors, vulnerabilities and intrusions; the COO obsesses over margins, uptime, and efficiency.