CISO will be the future CEO in a Cloud Enabled World

Last week I had an opportunity to address some of the finest CISO's in India about the Cloud Security Alliance and Securing Cloud Computing .
Interacting with these CISO's convinced me that they have the potential to be future CEO's as Business is adopts Cloud Computing for agility and economics.
As business moves to the cloud for computing IT GRC will be a key driver for acceptance of Cloud Computing.
The CISO will be like a large tree protecting the organization from vulnerabilities and ensuring business continuity in the Cloud.

CISO is like a large tree providing protection .

The Wikipedia defines the Influence of the CISO.

Typically, the CISO's influence reaches the whole organization. Responsibilities include:

Information security and information assurance
Information regulatory compliance (e.g., US PCI DSS, FISMA, GLBA, HIPAA; UK Data Protection Act 1998; Canada PIPEDA)
Information risk management
Information technology controls for financial and other systems
Information privacy
Computer Emergency Response Team / Computer Security Incident Response Team
Identity and access management
Information security architecture
IT investigations, digital forensics, eDiscovery
Disaster recovery and business continuity management
Information Security Operations Center ISOC
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_information_security_officer

The CISO knows the business risks best, the compliance and regulatory issues, the people and their roles plus the threats and vulnerabilities that could harm the business.

The CISO is the most important leader at a time of disaster and entrusted with Business continuity management. The CISO is the key leader in ensuring the continuity of the business in times of calamity.

In today's changing world of cloud computing it is the CISO who can give the confidence and assurance of the security offered in deploying cloud computing either public, private or hybrid.

It is the CISO who assures and overcomes the compliance issues raised by regulators; the CISO also understands the compliance needs of the business best.

In future the Board will groom the CISO as the future business leaders and the CISO will take center stage for cloud adoption by the Business.

The CISO will be center stage in taking the business to the Cloud and will provide the assurance for the safety of adopting Cloud Computing.

Welcome today's CISO, the future CEO of the Corporation !

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