The Product Information Security Officer (PISO) is responsible for embedding security into product design, development, and delivery. This role bridges product management and security, ensuring that information security is a core product requirement rather than a post-release consideration. The PISO champions security best practices, manages product risk, and drives a security-conscious product culture.
Key Responsibilities
1. Product Security Architecture & Design
- Define and maintain product security architecture and threat models
- Conduct threat modeling for recent features and systems
- Lead security design reviews during product planning and architecture phases
- Establish secure-by-default principles and baseline security controls
- Review and approve authentication, authorization, and encryption strategies
2. Secure Development & Code Review
- Establish secure coding standards and guidelines
- Conduct security code reviews for high-risk features and components
- Manage static application security testing (SAST) and dynamic testing (DAST) tools
- Define and enforce secure SDLC practices (threat modeling, secure testing, secure deployment)
- Partner with engineering to shift-left security and integrate security earlier in development
3. Vulnerability & Risk Management
- Coordinate vulnerability disclosure program
- Manage product vulnerability lifecycle: triage, remediation, patch coordination
- Track and prioritize security debt;
negotiate remediation timelines with product & engineering
- Maintain product risk register and escalate critical risks to CISO and executive leadership
- Perform periodic risk assessments and penetration testing
4. Compliance & Regulatory
- Interpret compliance requirements (SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIS2, GDPR, CCPA) for product teams
- Build compliance requirements into product roadmap early
- Coordinate security evidence collection and aud