Three of four CISOs ready for job change

January 18, 2024 – Published on CSO Online

Growing anxiety over new and expanded demands for their jobs has many CISOs mulling over an employment change, according to an annual research study released Wednesday. The State of the CISO 2023-2024 Report, by IANS research and Artico Search, revealed that 75% of CISOs are open to a job change, an eight-point jump from the previous reporting period.

The report, based on a survey of 663 CISOs and unstructured interviews with 100 more in a range of industries and company types across the US and Canada, also found that CISOs who said they were satisfied with their job and company dropped during the period by 10 points, to 64%.

Based on his experience as a CISO and now a consultant, Brian Betterton of GuidePoint Security maintains CISOs don’t receive enough guidance from boards. “Unless it’s a mature organization which understands and manages risk within a risk governance framework that defines these things, a CISO may need to be very proactive to have these discussions, perhaps even initiating them,” he says.

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