
CIO/CISO AI mandate is the cut: security judgment and the AI yes need named bearers, sometimes the same person, often separate.
Not 'what is a CISO.' Not a CIO-vs-AI H1 clone. No invented duty that CISO must own AI.
I run retained AI Executive Search mandates from Hamburg for DACH seats. CISO reporting line and CIO-mandate-vs-AI-leadership stay other spokes.
When the cut is unclear: the AI Executive Search mandate.