Distinguishing between a CIO, a CTO, and a CISO

In many organizations, CIOs are the foremost leaders of IT departments, answerable directly to the chief executive officer (CEO) or the board of directors. They oversee strategic IT investments, manage IT operations, and lead digital transformations within an organization. If an organization is planning on making huge infrastructural changes that will affect the digital space, the CIO will be tasked with overseeing such projects, ensuring that all organizational information goals are met through the project and that the project meets the long-term mission and vision statements of the organization.

A CTO is an individual in an organization tasked with the integration of new technologies. The role typically requires long-term planning and is concerned with technological infrastructural changes that organizations perform when taking on board new technology or when upgrading to new technology that will see major changes in information...