CISO panel convened at MIT Sloan CIO Symposium rekindled longstanding C-suite debate. CISO Mark Morrison suggested that the common model of security chiefs reporting to IT leaders is no longer tenable. State Street CISO Morrison: “I think there needs to be some independence of the CISO from the IT organization” CISO is better placed in IT organization than not because as much as 80 percent of the role is technical in nature, consultant Craig Shumard says.”]
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