New Risk for Weary CISOs: Becoming the Scapegoat After Cybercriminals Strike By Law.com's Legal Tech News March 13, 2024 Email this postTweet this postLike this postShare this post on LinkedIn Sometimes, top executives refuse to fund a security fix, but “somehow it’s the CISO who ends up taking the blame,” said Larry Whiteside, chief information security officer of RegScale.