Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Job Description

This report provides an overview of the common requirements, roles, responsibilities, experience, and expertise necessary to operate as the senior most cybersecurity leader in a firm — commonly titled chief information security officer (CISO), and tech execs can use this as the basis of a job requisition. This research also features the common stakeholders the CISO works alongside, possible metrics for evaluating the CISO, along with the recommended behaviors and characteristics necessary in a CISO to run an inclusive, diverse security program with a strong commitment to maintain a security positive company culture.