<p>I began my last blog post by quoting from a business forum I had read: “To put it bluntly, the CISO role is dead.” And I closed my last post saying that I would encourage you all to think about the potential of a Digital Risk and Resilience Officer role and focus as an evolution needed in Information Security which will be more encompassing and vital to the success of your business’s future. Some of you who read my last post may have dismissed my comment as out of hand. Others may have read a bit deeper into my comments and your reaction, at least internally, were that Joe has no clue what he is talking about. Just maybe, one or two of you may have thought about my comments and said to yourself, he may be onto something. I do not claim to have all the clues, but I can assure you that throughout my career I have prided myself in working hard to ensure I had at least half a clue concerning what was going on around me in my professional domain. It is a fair bet for me to say again today that: The threats and risks our businesses face today are at the highest level of systemic digital risk I have experienced in my 45+ years in the Information Technology industry. &amp; Information Technology organizations no longer control all the information technology devices and systems in use in their organizations today. Let me take this one step further: “Never in the history of modern business operations has there been a risk domain as impactful as Information Technology. Information Technology and Digital Business Systems are the only risk domain which can bring my company’s business operations to a complete standstill in an instant!” This is a quote from a discussion I recently had with the head of Enterprise Risk Management for a multi-billon dollar business. My conversations during the past year with many Chief Risk Officers, Enterprise Risk Managers and Chief Information Security Officers have all led me to form my opinion that it is time to start thinking about and acting on the notion that the CISO role as we know it today is past its shelf life, and it is time to seriously embrace a Digital Risk and Resilience Officer role. The CISO role as we know it today is past its shelf life. It is time to embrace the Digital Risk and Resilience Officer role.</p>