IT Security Director Salary in Hartford, Connecticut

How much does an IT Security Director make in Hartford, CT?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for an IT Security Director in Hartford, CT is $205,396. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $188,151 to $223,870, with most professionals earning between $172,450 and $240,690.

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Common responsibilities of an IT Security Director

Assists with the designs and implementation of disaster recovery and business continuity plans, procedures, audits, and enhancements.

January 22, 2023

Review and provide inputs on software procurement process including in house IT solutions, off the shelf software products and/or contracted software development.

February 08, 2023

Demonstrated ability to work with business users to understand their processes and requirements to be able to create the appropriate information architecture, taxonomy, and solution approach.

March 13, 2023

Leads strategic security planning to achieve business goals by prioritizing defense initiatives and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future security technologies using a risk-based assessment methodology.

March 16, 2023

Provide the overall direction to the IT Information Security organization as well as lead the day-to-day disaster recovery planning, security architecture, governance, compliance, data privacy, and operations teams.

March 26, 2023

Developing and maintaining an effective and efficient Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) and Electronically Stored Information (ESI) collection and management capability that will identify, contain and resolve information security incidents, meet compliance and reporting obligations, and uphold chain of custody and rules of civil procedure requirements.

March 31, 2023

Manage vendor and agency relationships to make certain contract and service levels are negotiated and aligned with strategic goals and financial commitments, and that deliverables match and meet agreed upon terms and conditions and our expectations.

March 31, 2023

Report security metrics and statistics to the CISO and other key stakeholders such as the Cybersecurity & Privacy Executive Steering Committee.

April 24, 2023

Create and maintain infrastructure and cloud policies, procedures and standards including those related to disaster recovery and redundancy ensuring maximum availability of related IT assets and capabilities.

May 04, 2023

Acts proactively to prevent potential disaster situations by ensuring that proper protections are in place, such as intrusion detection and prevention systems, firewalls, and effective physical safeguards, and provides for the availability of computer resources by ensuring a business continuity/disaster recovery plan is in place to offset the effects caused by intentional and unintentional acts.

May 15, 2023

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Average Salary Range for IT Security Director in Hartford, CT

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

188151

223870

205396

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

210241

260491

232998

What is the average salary for IT Security Director in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of IT Security Director in Hartford, CT. The base salary for IT Security Director ranges from $188,151 to $223,870 with the average base salary of $205,396. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $210,241 to $260,491 with the average total cash compensation of $232,998.

View Average Salary for IT Security Director as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$205,396	$188,151 - $223,870
Bonus	$27,603	$22,090 - $36,621
Total Pay	$232,998	$210,241 - $260,491

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

IT Security Director Salary Near Hartford, CT

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Hartford, CT
CITY, STATE East Hartford, CT	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $188,151 - $223,870	COMPARE TO Hartford, CT 0%
CITY, STATE West Hartford, CT	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $188,151 - $223,870	COMPARE TO Hartford, CT 0%
CITY, STATE Manchester, CT	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $188,151 - $223,870	COMPARE TO Hartford, CT 0%
CITY, STATE Bristol, CT	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $187,585 - $223,197	COMPARE TO Hartford, CT
CITY, STATE New Britain, CT	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $187,585 - $223,197	COMPARE TO Hartford, CT
CITY, STATE Meriden, CT	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $187,585 - $223,197	COMPARE TO Hartford, CT

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About Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford is the capital city of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. The city is nicknamed the "Insurance Capital of the World", as it hosts many insurance company headquarters and is the region's major industry. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford area of Connecticut. Census estimates since the 2010 United States Census have indicated that Hartford is the fourth-largest city in Connecticut, behind the coastal cities of Bridgeport, New Haven, and Stamford. Hartford was founded in 1635 and is among the oldest cities in th...

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