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A functional department leader, such as a head of SecOps, at a Fortune 500-size company earns an average annual cash compensation of $307,000.
More than 40% of Fortune-500 size security organizations have a deputy CISO.
Fortune 500-size firms with revenues exceeding $7 billion generally have security teams of more than 50 professionals.
The average annual cash compensation for a functional department leader (such as a head of SecOps) at large security organizations is $247,000.
The average annual cash compensation for a functional department leader (such as a head of SecOps) at a Fortune 500-size company is about 25% higher than for the same role at large security organizations.
15% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to IAM.
11% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to GRC.
6% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to AppSec.
20% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to SecOps.
8% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Incident response.
5% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Threat intel.
6% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Cloud security.
4% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Awareness training.
8% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Leadership & strategic roles.
95% of Fortune 500-size CISOs engage regularly with the full board and/or board subcommittees.
68% of Fortune 500-size CISOs engage with board subcommittees at least quarterly.
31% of Fortune 500-sized security organizations have a dedicated, full-time deputy CISO.
34% of Fortune 500-size CISOs meet with the full board at least quarterly.
13% of Fortune 500-sized security organizations assign the deputy CISO role to a functional department head as part of a combined role.
The average annual cash compensation for a functional department leader (such as a head of SecOps) at a Fortune 500-size company is 40% higher than the average for the same role at midsize security organizations.
8% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Other functions.
9% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Network security.
Only 47% of CISOs engage with their boards on a monthly or quarterly basis, and 42% meet with their boards on an ad hoc basis, if at all.
90% of CISOs have ownership of their organization’s security operations, architecture, governance, as well as digital risk and compliance.
Between 50% and 90% of CISOs identified other elements of business risk, such as disaster recovery, business risk, and third-party risk management, as well as broader security concerns such as product security, as falling under their remit.
70% of CISOs indicated any raises they received were annual merit-based increases, which on average were 6%.
Dual CISOs at large organizations earn an average total compensation (including equity) of $1 million, whereas those who only take on partial IT oversight are closer to the average of traditional CISOs who manage none of the IT functions ($653,000).
Strategic CISOs have an annual cash compensation of around $545,000, compared to $385,000 for functional CISOs and $291,000 for their tactical counterparts.
1-25% of CISOs reported that emerging domains including AI, M&A security, change management, IT due diligence, digital transformation, and innovation were being added to their workload.
3% of CISOs attribute their raise to taking on larger scope, while others see it reflected in merit increases.
7% of CISOs said their growth in compensation was driven by a change in employers, and this group received an average increase of 31%.