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Chief Information Security Officer

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

The person in charge of information security within the enterprise

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Classifications

Entity Type

Role90%rule-basedr:entity.role.named.v1
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Sensitivity

Regulated85%rule-basedr:sens.regulated.framework.v1
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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

acronym
CISO
synonym
senior manager with adequate security knowledge to be responsible for the vendor's Information Security Management
plural
Chief Information Security Officers
possessive
Chief Information Security Officer's
pluralpossessive
Chief Information Security Officers'