Chief Information Security Officer

The PECB Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) certification validates the ability to establish, govern, and monitor an enterprise information security program at executive level. It focuses on security governance, risk management, compliance, and executive accountability rather than technical security operations.

A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is responsible for governing information security, managing security risk, ensuring regulatory compliance, and reporting security posture to executive management and boards. The role focuses on accountability and decision-making, not day-to-day technical operations.

The PECB CISO training is designed for senior security professionals, IT managers, risk and compliance leaders, and executives who are accountable for information security governance or preparing to assume executive-level security responsibility.

There are no formal mandatory prerequisites for the PECB CISO certification, but prior experience in information security, IT management, risk management, or compliance is strongly recommended to succeed in the training and exam.

The PECB CISO certification focuses on executive governance and security accountability, while ISO 27001 Lead Implementer and Lead Auditor certifications focus on implementing or auditing an ISMS against ISO/IEC 27001 requirements.