In recent years, there has been an exponential growth in the number and subsequent damage of malicious cyber attacks, thus growing the need for CISO's. Their role is to form cyber security strategies and controls to manage these threats to avoid technical, financial, reputation and compliance risks and data breaches.The role of a CISO is vital in achieving and maintaining compliance requirements. No matter how big or small your business is, having a solid cyber security foundation is essential for all businesses; something which a CISO helps establish and maintain. A CISO will help establish and maintain this by monitoring and enforcing organisational governance associated with the protection of all the business information assets from intentional and unintentional loss, disclosure, alteration and unavailability.