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The CISO Hiring Index
Everyone has opinions about the CISO job market. Nobody publishes the numbers. The Hiring Index is a monthly, methodology-documented read on open CISO and VP Security seats, built for candidates deciding when to move, and citable by anyone writing about the security leadership market.
What each edition tracks
Four questions, answered with data
Open seats, counted properly
CISO, VP Security, and Head of Security postings across the major boards and search-firm listings: deduplicated, US first, with month-over-month movement.
Reporting lines
Who the role reports to, when the posting says. The CEO-vs-CIO-vs-CTO split is the best public signal of how companies actually rank security.
Posted compensation
Where pay-transparency laws force a range, we record it: base ranges by company stage and vertical, and how they move.
Verticals and stage
Which industries are hiring security executives (fintech, healthcare, AI, industrials) and at what company stage the demand sits.
Edition 01 is in production. Methodology in brief: monthly collection of open security-executive postings from the major job boards, company career pages, and public search-firm listings; deduplicated by company; classified by title, reporting line, vertical, stage, and posted range where disclosed. Every edition publishes its collection date and counts so the numbers can be checked and cited.
Journalists and newsletter writers: the Index is free to cite with a link. If you want the underlying table for a story, ask.
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