The certification, considered to be one of the most prestigious certifications for security managers and cisos, recognizes mastery of an internationally identified common body of knowledge (cbk) in infosec and is considered to be vendor neutral .

An informal structure in a bureaucracy would be something like so-called "office politics". where there's a formal structure set up for the organization, but then an informal subculture as well that has a way of organizing the bureaucracy further. this can be positive because it sets up an added degree of organization, albeit informal, within the bureaucracy.