JULY - AUGUST 2025CIOAPPLICATIONSEUROPE.COM8EVOLVING ROLE OF THE CISOChristos SyngelakisCHRISTOS SYNGELAKIS, GROUP CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER, MOTOR OIL[FRA: MHZ]nformation Security is a science which has emerged in recent years due to the accelerated use of technology and related risks. Every business now uses technology regardless of whether or not it is their main business pillar. We use it for development, planning, strategy and sales promotion, to prepare future moves etc.It's nice to use technology. But it's problematic and creates huge anxiety when you realise that your gun can be turned on you. When you see that as easy as your life becomes with the fast access to digitised data, it becomes a nightmare when you no longer have this data because someone steals or destroys them. And you feel powerless when you realise that the whole approach of economical solutions through the digital revolution has a much greater cost than it seems at first if you decide to secure it from digital risks.At this point, the role of the CISO appeared, which in recent years has developed and acquired a status that is in no way limited to involvement with IIN MYOPINION
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