The CISO role isn't universal: 5 industry perspectives | TechTarget

Though the title of CISO is common, the specific responsibilities of CISOs across verticals are not. CISOs at legal services firms, content delivery network providers and universities report to different bosses, defend different assets and answer to different regulators. Yet they all carry the same title.

This article explores, from a CISO's perspective, how companies and industries approach the crucial top cybersecurity role.

CDN and edge infrastructure: Fastly

A CISO is always responsible for their own organization, but in an infrastructure company, a single architecture decision shapes risk for every customer built on top of the platform. As deputy CISO at Fastly, a global content delivery network and edge networking provider, Fernando Medrano has security responsibility across the board.

"One thing that lands squarely on my desk that wouldn't necessarily land on a CISO's desk in, say, retail or healthcare, is that our security posture is part of the product...

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