Position and Responsibilities:
The CEO provides the overall direction that assures effective implementation of information security protections and is the most senior official in the organization. Because of the CEO’s ultimate decision-making accountability, he or she provides the important linkage of information security management processes to the strategic and operational planning process of the organization. They are very important in a team as they take the major responsibility of securing the assets not just of organizations, but even people, other organizations, and the security of the nation in particular from all threats regarding informational accesses, breaches of data, system disruptions, cyber-attacks, and the like.
Ensuring Security and Compliance:
The Chief Executive shall ensure that all information and systems used to support organizational operations include security safeguards necessary to counter the identified risks. The NIST article An Introduction to Information Security explains, “Ensuring the integration of information security management processes with strategic and operational planning processes” (Dempsey, et al., 2017, p. 13). This is shall include oversight of compliance with security legislation, policies, directives, instructions, standards, and guidelines to ensure that personnel are properly trained and following security policies and procedures.
Building a Culture of Security:
The CEO leads by example in creating a security-conscious culture where responsibilities include the reduction of vulnerabilities, protection of sensitive information, and assurance of integrity, confidentiality, and availability of organizational data. It is in this regard highly relevant to lead the way and commit to cybersecurity while riding out the changes of the digital landscape, ensuring operational resilience and long-term success.
Conclusion:
The role of the CEO encompasses more than a traditional leadership role in cybersecurity but involves the very important responsibility of protecting information, systems, and operations of the organization. He is the highest-ranking executive who ensures information security is integrated with strategic decision-making, operational planning, and risk management. They help protect the integrity of the infrastructure from cyber threats with their efforts regarding compliance with the security regulations by enforcing strong enablers through security awareness amongst all.

A well-emplaced leadership toward sustaining resilience in light of dynamically changing digital challenges will go miles in protecting long-term success, security, and sustainability in the increasingly connected environment. Megan Motto encapsulates this idea in her memo CEO Memo: Rising to the cybersecurity challenge stating, “As metadata evolves to become the information superhighway’s nuclear waste, boards must realize they have an ethical, moral and legal obligation to store data as smartly as possible” (Motto, 2022, p. 756). Megan highlights the notion that this position is demanding, yet crucial and CEOs must be evolving with the metadata.

References:
Dempsey, K., Nieles, M., & Pillitteri, V. Y. (2017, June). An Introduction to Information Security. NIST Special Publication 800-12 Revision 1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/19gv8xgW48A40rHBosLyMF1SuUhAgfN9i/view
Megan Motto. (2022). CEO memo: Rising to the cybersecurity challenge. Governance Directions, 74(11), 756–756. https://research-ebsco-com.proxy.lib.odu.edu/c/lnv5pa/viewer/pdf/m7ekulnxzv?route=details