The Chief Information Officer (CIO), or Information Technology (IT) director, is a job title commonly given to the most senior executive in an enterprise. What are the responsibilities of a Chief Info

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Options

• AProposing the information technology needed by an enterprise to achieve its goals and then
• BPreserving high-level communications and working group relationships in an organization
• CEstablishing effective continuous monitoring program for the organization
• DFacilitating the sharing of security risk-related information among authorizing officials

• A
  91% (41)
• D
  9% (4)

Explanation

Options A, B, and C are correct because they capture the CIO's three core domains: strategic IT alignment (proposing technology to meet enterprise goals), executive relationship management (maintaining high-level communications and working groups), and governance oversight (establishing continuous monitoring programs). These responsibilities reflect the CIO's role as the senior leader who bridges IT capabilities with organizational mission and risk posture.

Option D is incorrect because facilitating security risk-related information sharing among authorizing officials is a responsibility that falls under the Senior Agency Information Security Officer (SAISO) or roles within the risk management/authorization framework (e.g., as defined in NIST SP 800-37), not the CIO specifically - even though the CIO may interact with those processes at a high level.

Memory tip: Think of the CIO as the "3-S executive" - Strategy (A), Stakeholders (B), and Surveillance/Monitoring (C). Option D is a trap because it sounds security-adjacent, but it's too operationally specific for a C-suite role - that belongs to security officers deeper in the risk management chain.

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