During the course of my executive recruitment work, I have had the opportunity to observe and review a large number of corporate security organizations globally.
The results of a recent survey of C-suite executives in companies ranging in size from $100 million to more than $1 billion in annual revenues resulted in some surprising changes.
As if all the risks associated with protecting an organization’s physical and digital assets weren’t challenging enough for CSOs and CISOs, new trends are making them far worse.
Where within the enterprise the corporate security department reports is often more form over function. It may be personality driven, power driven or simply a corporate culture thing. Many companies have a hard time deciding where corporate security should report.
The answer to this question is most often “a lot.” When you limit the question to the security industry alone though, the answer can sometimes be “not much,” which is a reflection of the path a candidate takes to enter the profession.
