Homework Responses Wk 7

The job of the chief security officer (CSO) looks like it would be an extremely important one to have. While researching it up I was not surprised to see that it was considered a management position because they are the ones that are the overseers for all the aspects of risk management, security policies, and information technology infrastructures. They are responsible for protecting all components of an internal network including software and hardware. They are tasked with identifying areas of the network that have risks of being hacked, prioritize those risks, and then find methods to protect these systems from hackers. They should make sure that they are up to date on the latest security threats and work with their team to minimize the threats.

Some of their job responsibilities and duties are:

· Improving the physical security on LANs and WANs that span multiple locations

· Figure out the goals and objective for corporate security

· Work with teams to assign and delegate authority across all security departments

· Create budgets and prioritize concerns for each years IT and security changes

The reason why it is so important for a CSO to have global experience is that they would have worked with many different foreign companies to build security IT software and hardware. They would also know to make sure to have a good rapport with law enforcement agencies in the location that they will be working around. These CSOs might also know how to ask the right questions when trying to create goals and objectives for the company or business that they work for.  The CSOs might look into the security situations, dilemmas, and resources that might be present around the business’ location and this is due to them having to be concerned about these types of things when they were in a different country. Other areas that these CSOs might be cognizant when figuring out their new working location is the nature/description of their project and the number of people on their team. Those two items I listed are a few things that these CSOs might be watching out for.

References:

Ast, S. (2009, November 15). Managing Security Overseas: Contact and Coordination with Local, Regional, and International Authorities. Retrieved October 22, 2020, from https://www.csoonline.com/article/2124523/managing-security-overseas--contact-and-coordination-with-local--regional--and-i.html?page=1

Chief Security Officer (CSO). (n.d.). Retrieved October 22, 2020, from https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/job-titles/chief-security-officer-cso/