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In 2025, overall CISO compensation increased by an average of 6.7% compared to the previous year.

11/16/2025
CISO

In 2025, 71% of CISOs received executive perks, an increase from 40% to over 50% this year for D&O insurance.

11/16/2025
CISO

15% of CISOs changed employers in 2025, an increase from 11% in 2024.

11/16/2025
CISO

70% of CISOs receive equity, which can represent up to half of total pay among top earners.

11/16/2025
CISO

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%.

11/16/2025
CISO

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.

11/16/2025
CISO

31% of Fortune 500-sized security organizations have a dedicated, full-time deputy CISO.

10/16/2025
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.

10/16/2025
Fortune 500SecOpsCompensation

More than 40% of Fortune-500 size security organizations have a deputy CISO.

10/16/2025
Fortune 500CISO

Fortune 500-size firms with revenues exceeding $7 billion generally have security teams of more than 50 professionals.

10/16/2025
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.

10/16/2025
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.

10/16/2025
Fortune 500SecOpsCompensation

15% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to IAM.

10/16/2025
Fortune 500IAMBudget

11% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to GRC.

10/16/2025
Fortune 500GRCBudget

6% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to AppSec.

10/16/2025
Fortune 500AppSecBudget

20% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to SecOps.

10/16/2025
Fortune 500SecOpsBudget

8% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Incident response.

10/16/2025
Fortune 500Incident responseBudget

5% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Threat intel.

10/16/2025
Fortune 500Threat intelBudget

6% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Cloud security.

10/16/2025
Fortune 500Cloud securityBudget

4% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Awareness training.

10/16/2025
Fortune 500Awareness trainingBudget

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