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Fix cybersecurity leadership og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Stop playing with the CISO role. Fix cybersecurity leadership **[CSO Online](https://daily.dev/sources/csoonline)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An argument that the CISO role has become overloaded, expected to be technologist, strategist, board adviser and business partner all at once, and that this is a structural problem rather than a skills gap. The proposed fix is a new Chief Security Officer (CSO) role that sits above the CISO as a business leader with cross-functional authority over the broader protection agenda (cybersecurity, data protection, business continuity, resilience, regulatory protection), while the CISO retains ownership of technical cybersecurity delivery. Boards are urged to demand clarity on who owns business protection rather than delegating cybersecurity entirely to a hidden CISO. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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