Gartner research predicts that by the end of 2015, over half of CEOs will have a senior “digital” leader role in their staff.
According to its 2014 CEO and senior executive survey, one third of large organisations will have a digital risk officer role or equivalent by 2017. Also by 2020, 60 per cent of digital businesses will suffer major service failures due to the inability of the IT security team to manage digital risk in new technology and use cases.
Also, the mandate and scope of a DRO is very different than a CISO as in many organisations, the CISO role will continue with similar scope as in 2014. However the IT security role remains relevant and vital and many CISOs will evolve into DROs as they begin to own or form effective partnerships with digital security teams managing other forms of technology.
