Information Security Through the CIO’s Lens: Key Pressures and Practical Answers for 2025

9 December 2025

Evgeny Pitolin explains why most security failures stem from incorrect management structures rather than outdated tools. The material covers: a framework for assessing real maturity, five CIO-CISO interaction models with varying incident response speeds, concrete steps for executives who have suddenly inherited InfoSec responsibility, and the reasons why only 5–7% of companies reach the level where security becomes a competitive advantage.