Chief Security Officer

The Chief Security Officer ( CSO) is in general the Group responsible for corporate security. This includes areas such as IT and information security, organizational and physical security as well as electronic and mechanical safety devices. The Chief Security Officer is directly responsible for implementation, compliance and development of security-related topics. This job category is to settle in the top security management area and often reporting directly to the Executive Committee.

The area of ​​responsibility of a Chief Security Officer in detail is very extensive and requires a high degree of reliability and responsibility. Conventional security checks, as standardized for safety employees without management function and without a job in specially protected areas exist, may not suffice here. Rather, in such cases, the competent minister an application is made for security clearance (eg, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology ).

Often in business and the position of CISO is awarded, which often has a similar orientation.

Increasingly, CSO is also available for other titles such as the ' Chief Strategic Officer " or" Chief Sales Officer ".

• Chief Officer
• Job function ( security )