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The Latest Security Organizational Design Trends

10/16/2025

Recent Statistics & Reports

A functional department leader, such as a head of SecOps, at a Fortune 500-size company earns an average annual cash compensation of $307,000.

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Fortune 500SecOpsCompensation

More than 40% of Fortune-500 size security organizations have a deputy CISO.

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Fortune 500CISO

Fortune 500-size firms with revenues exceeding $7 billion generally have security teams of more than 50 professionals.

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Fortune 500Security team

The average annual cash compensation for a functional department leader (such as a head of SecOps) at large security organizations is $247,000.

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SecOpsCompensationBudget

The average annual cash compensation for a functional department leader (such as a head of SecOps) at a Fortune 500-size company is about 25% higher than for the same role at large security organizations.

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Fortune 500SecOpsCompensation

15% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to IAM.

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Fortune 500IAMBudget

11% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to GRC.

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Fortune 500GRCBudget

6% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to AppSec.

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Fortune 500AppSecBudget

20% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to SecOps.

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Fortune 500SecOpsBudget

8% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Incident response.

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Fortune 500Incident responseBudget

5% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Threat intel.

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Fortune 500Threat intelBudget

6% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Cloud security.

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Fortune 500Cloud securityBudget

4% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Awareness training.

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Fortune 500Awareness trainingBudget

8% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Leadership & strategic roles.

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Fortune 500LeadershipBudget

95% of Fortune 500-size CISOs engage regularly with the full board and/or board subcommittees.

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Fortune 500CISOBoard

68% of Fortune 500-size CISOs engage with board subcommittees at least quarterly.

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Fortune 500CISOBoard

31% of Fortune 500-sized security organizations have a dedicated, full-time deputy CISO.

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Fortune 500CISO

34% of Fortune 500-size CISOs meet with the full board at least quarterly.

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Fortune 500CISOBoard

13% of Fortune 500-sized security organizations assign the deputy CISO role to a functional department head as part of a combined role.

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Fortune 500CISO

The average annual cash compensation for a functional department leader (such as a head of SecOps) at a Fortune 500-size company is 40% higher than the average for the same role at midsize security organizations.

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Fortune 500SecOpsCompensation

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