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Chief Security Officer

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The person usually responsible for all security matters both physical and digital in an enterprise

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

acronym
CSO
plural
Chief Security Officers
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Chief Security Officer's
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Chief Security Officers'