Chief Security Officer - CSO

Bars have bouncers. Banks have armed guards. And strip clubs just have creepy customers to keep out other people they don’t want.

But the ultimate security guard is known as a chief security officer (CSO).

This is an executive level position that keeps track of the security of employees, the company’s financial and physical assets, and its data and information technology. Twenty years ago, this job basically didn’t exist in the form it exists today. The rise of the internet and increasing threat of cyberattacks has fueled a big uptick in the defense of private information.