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2025 CISO Compensation Snapshot Report
11/13/2025
The Latest Security Organizational Design Trends
10/16/2025
2025 Security Software and Services Benchmark Summary Report
9/10/2025
2025 Security Budget Benchmark Report
8/5/2025
2025 Cybersecurity Staff Compensation Benchmark Report
2/20/2025
State of the CISO 2025 Report
1/1/2025
Recent Statistics & Reports
In 2025, overall CISO compensation increased by an average of 6.7% compared to the previous year.
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CISO
In 2025, 71% of CISOs received executive perks, an increase from 40% to over 50% this year for D&O insurance.
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15% of CISOs changed employers in 2025, an increase from 11% in 2024.
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CISO
70% of CISOs receive equity, which can represent up to half of total pay among top earners.
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The top 1% of CISOs earn more than $3.2 million in total compensation, which is approximately 10 times the median and 20 times the bottom 10%.
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CISOs who remained at their companies and took on expanded responsibilities saw an average compensation increase of 8.1% in 2025, compared to a 5% increase among those who switched jobs.
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31% of Fortune 500-sized security organizations have a dedicated, full-time deputy CISO.
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Fortune 500CISO
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.
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Fortune 500SecOpsCompensation
More than 40% of Fortune-500 size security organizations have a deputy CISO.
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Fortune 500CISO
Fortune 500-size firms with revenues exceeding $7 billion generally have security teams of more than 50 professionals.
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Fortune 500Security team
The average annual cash compensation for a functional department leader (such as a head of SecOps) at large security organizations is $247,000.
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SecOpsCompensationBudget
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.
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Fortune 500SecOpsCompensation
15% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to IAM.
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Fortune 500IAMBudget
11% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to GRC.
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Fortune 500GRCBudget
6% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to AppSec.
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Fortune 500AppSecBudget
20% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to SecOps.
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Fortune 500SecOpsBudget
8% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Incident response.
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Fortune 500Incident responseBudget
5% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Threat intel.
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Fortune 500Threat intelBudget
6% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Cloud security.
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Fortune 500Cloud securityBudget
4% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Awareness training.
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Fortune 500Awareness trainingBudget
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