CIOs need to balance the need to provide business value with the need to protect their business against the most critical risks. One of the roles new CIOs walk into is that of de facto chief technology risk officer. In this role, new-to-role CIOs will need to quickly and effectively partner with their peers in cybersecurity, enterprise risk management and internal audit among others to get a good grasp of their technology risk portfolio and provide assurance to executive stakeholders.