CISO Conversations: Carl Froggett – Combining CISO and CIO at Deep Instinct
Carl Froggett combines CISO and CIO. He currently occupies both positions at Deep Instinct. Before then, he was CISO at Citi for almost 17 years.
Combining CISO and CIO
Froggett has long believed the two roles overlap, making a combined role attractive. But it doesn’t work for all companies. Citi has more than 200,000 employees. Deep Instinct has fewer than 200. Combining CISO and CIO would be too much for one person at Citi, but works well at Deep Instinct.
“Both CISO and CIO ultimately do the same thing,” he explains: “they both support the business. The CIO is responsible for the technology strategy – the software, the infrastructure, the cloud strategy, etcetera – while the CISO is responsible for ensuring it is secured.” Put simply, each depends upon the other to support the business.
“There is no such thing as zero risk,” he continues, “unless you want to turn...
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