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34% of Fortune 500-size CISOs meet with the full board at least quarterly.
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Fortune 500CISOBoard
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
8% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Leadership & strategic roles.
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Fortune 500LeadershipBudget
95% of Fortune 500-size CISOs engage regularly with the full board and/or board subcommittees.
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Fortune 500CISOBoard
68% of Fortune 500-size CISOs engage with board subcommittees at least quarterly.
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Fortune 500CISOBoard
31% of Fortune 500-sized security organizations have a dedicated, full-time deputy CISO.
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Fortune 500CISO
13% of Fortune 500-sized security organizations assign the deputy CISO role to a functional department head as part of a combined role.
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Fortune 500CISO
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.
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Fortune 500SecOpsCompensation
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