Security News > 2022 > August > CISOs are taking on more responsibilities—and burning out

As the CISO role continues evolving from a back office IT function to taking on a larger enterprise focus, CISOs are assuming more strategic and risk-related responsibilities.

Though 77% had been in their role for at least three years, almost two-thirds of those who have been in their role for less than a year came from a previous CISO role, while those who've been in their current role for five or more years were more likely to have come from a role other than CISO. SEE: Hiring kit: Data scientist.

CISOs with less than a year of experience generally saw the highest rises in overall compensation compared to those with additional years of experience, whereas those who saw the least benefit were those who've been in the role for five or more years, receiving only an increase in base compensation.

While the majority of U.S. respondents said their ideal next role was to become a board member, only 14% of all CISOs said they sit on a corporate board or both a corporate board and an advisory board.

"Rather than recruiting a current CISO to fill a board seat, we found that boards are most often bringing their own CISOs into the boardroom for updates,'' Aiello said."In fact, 88% of CISOs we surveyed said they reported to the board at least once the past year, whether to the full board committee or the committee with oversight of cybersecurity, typically the audit, risk, or in some cases, a dedicated cybersecurity committee.

More than two-thirds of the CISOs were at companies with annual revenue of $5 billion or more, and they worked across a range of industries, most often financial services and technology and telecoms, but followed closely by industrial, manufacturing, energy, consumer, retail and media.

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