With cyberattacks making headlines almost on a daily basis, the role of the chief risk officer (CRO) is important now more than ever before. In addition to analyzing, monitoring, predicting, mitigating and evaluating many types of risks and conditions, chief risk officers (CRO) are held responsible for ensuring compliance to rapidly evolving industry regulations and analyzing IT operations to prevent data leakage.
According to Amir Mizhar, Chief Software Officer and Founder of Safe-T, and an expert white-hat hacker, there are six major forces at play that are increasing enterprises’ dependence on their CRO.