CIOs are continuously innovating and improving their technology, but is cyber security their job?
In nowadays digital disruption is definitely an ever-present occurrence in nearly every sector, and it is this proven fact that earned some CIOs the title of Chief Innovation Officer’s. But with an enormous focus on innovation some areas operational usually suffer, and among the worst hit is cyber security.
“We can’t speak on innovation without referring to cyber security. It might be scary, but to maneuver forward we have to never go mad the gloom,” said Kendi Nderitu, Check Point, Country manager, Kenya, throughout the CIO IoT and AI Summit being held on the Crowne Plaza, Nairobi, Kenya.
According to a recent Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey, 89pc of chief information officers said these were maintaining or increasing investment in innovation, yet only one in five claimed these folks were able to handle a cyber security attack “very well”.
As CIOs come to grips with these harsh realities. The question then shift to, is security the Chief Information Security Officer’s (CISOs) job? By dictionary definition, a CISO may be the senior-level executive in a organisation accountable for establishing and looking after the enterprise vision, strategy, and program to be sure information assets and technologies are adequately protected.
The CISO directs staff in identifying, developing, implementing, and processes across the enterprise to cut back information and IT risks. They react to incidents, establish appropriate standards and controls, manage cyber security technologies, and direct the establishment and implementation of policies and procedures. The CISO is additionally usually to blame for information-related compliance.
The CISOs role is starting to become more vital inside the connected world. During the Summit Michael Michie, CISO, M-Orient Bank, asserted securing the smart infrastructure is starting to become essential for businesses, especially businesses that have countless sensors and so have numerous potential points of attack.
“The role from the CISOs is starting to become extremely complicated since the skills that CISOs have recently is part of your private network who have specific connections to some larger network. But right this moment, the planet we have been dealing with, everything must be connected for things to be cheaper, faster plus more reliable each will need to be connected. Essentially you’re told to shield the entire world but you help one organisation only,” he added.