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How much does a Chief Security Officer make hourly in the United States? The average hourly wage for a Chief Security Officer in the United States is $118 as of March 26, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $105 and $134. Hourly rate can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target.

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What is a Chief Security Officer?

A Chief Security Officer (CSO) is an organization's most senior executive accountable for the development and oversight of policies and programs intended for the mitigation and/or reduction of compliance, operational, strategic, financial and reputational security risk strategies relating to the protection of people, intellectual assets and tangible property. The accountabilities of the CSO include, but are not necessarily limited to: In cooperation with the organizationâ€™s executive leadership team(s), directs the development of an effective strategy to assess and mitigate risk (foreign...

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VP, Chief Security Officer

QCR Holdings, Inc. - Davenport , IA

The VP, Chief Security Officer is responsible for establishing and maintaining the QCR Holdings information Cyber, Physical and Fraud security programs to ensure that all information assets and ...

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Chief Information Security Officer

Eye Care Partners Career Opportunities - Ballwin , MO

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) holds a pivotal role in establishing and executing the enterprise vision, strategy, architecture, and multi-year roadmap to ensure the highest level of ...

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Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Addison Group - Austin , TX

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Reporting to the CIO, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is a key role on the leadership team of the IT department. This position is responsible ...

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Chief Information Security Officer- Sugar Land or Lubbock

PROSPERITY BANK - Sugar Land , TX

The Chief Information Security Officer is accountable for leading our Information Security Team and overseeing the Information Security Program and its continued improvement. The Chief Information ...

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Chief Information Security Officer

Faith Group, LLC - Los Angeles , CA

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is a position of vital importance to the overall cyber security and safety of the Airport. This position will work across a number of current internal ...

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Chief Information Security Officer

The Finders - Phoenix , AZ

If so, consider this new opportunity to join a GROWING organization as a Direct Hire, Chief Information Security Officer! Why this Company? * Non-Profit Dedicated to Saving Lives * Work for a Stable ...

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What does a Chief Security Officer do?

Common responsibilities of a Chief Security Officer

Manage the enterprise's IT Security organization, consisting of direct reports and indirect reports (such as individuals in other areas of IT) including providing security guidance, hiring, training, staff development, performance management and annual compensation review.

January 22, 2023

Provide expert leadership in the development, implementation, and maintenance of an information security program and associated infrastructure which entails the monitoring of information security trends internal and external to the organization and keeping senior management informed about information security-related issues that could affect the organization.

March 03, 2023

Leads a team of cybersecurity professionals across a broad range of disciplines including risk management, compliance/audits, incident response, security tools, analytics, threat hunting/emulation, security engineering, monitoring/detection, governance, training, and policy creation and implementation.

April 10, 2023

Develop, implement and monitor strategic and comprehensive enterprise information security programs to ensure that the integrity, confidentiality and availability of information that is owned, controlled or processed by the organization thru a well orchestrated audit and inspection approach with thresholds established.

May 18, 2023

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These charts show the average hourly wage (core compensation), as well as the average total hourly cash compensation for the job of Chief Security Officer in the United States. The average hourly rate for Chief Security Officer ranges from $105 to $134 with the average hourly pay of $118. The total hourly cash compensation, which includes base and short-term incentives, can vary anywhere from $123 to $170 with the average total hourly cash compensation of $144.

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