Barclays has combined its two security functions, having its Chief Security Officer and Chief Information Security Officer roles “coming together under” CSO Troels Oerting, CIO reports. The move was an attempt to increase and streamline cybersecurity. “With the current threat and ecosystem landscape that is continuously evolving, we identified the need to redefine our approach to security to comprise cyber and physical security, as well as intelligence, investigations and resilience in order to take a truly holistic approach,” Oerting said. “For this reason, we established the Chief Security Officer function that will bring together these functions and allow us to utilize knowledge, intelligence and expertise across the global organization which creates a very powerful response.”
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