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What is the role of a chief security officer, and why is this organizational role a relatively new one?

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Discusses the role of Chief security officer in an organization.

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The role of a Chief security officer is to ensure security of the organization's physical as well as digital assets. CSO is responsible for areas such as business continuity planning, fraud prevention, loss prevention, privacy and confidentiality of data. CSO leads the operational risk management activities in the organization and ...

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