For boards with a CISO member, 60% report excellent or very good working relationships when communicating progress against milestones, security goal achievement and plan of record, compared to 16% for boards without a CISO member.

83% of security leaders participate in board meetings "somewhat often" or "most of the time".

70% of CISOs indicated any raises they received were annual merit-based increases, which on average were 6%.

90% of CISOs have ownership of their organization’s security operations, architecture, governance, as well as digital risk and compliance.

64% of CISOs reveal that the current threat and regulatory environment make them concerned they’re not doing enough.

21% of CISOs revealed they had been pressured not to report a compliance issue.

Dual CISOs at large organizations earn an average total compensation (including equity) of $1 million, whereas those who only take on partial IT oversight are closer to the average of traditional CISOs who manage none of the IT functions ($653,000).

46% of CISOs said attaining security milestones was indicative of their success, compared to only 19% of board respondents.

When there is a CISO on the board, 80% of boards report excellent or very good working relationships with CISOs in setting and aligning on strategic cybersecurity goals, versus 27% when there isn't a CISO on the board.