Cyber security salaries are higher than you might expect – Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) earn an average base salary equivalent to the compensation of other C-level executives for 50 percent of survey respondents in the 2013 Salary Benchmark Report.
According to the Ponemon Institute and SecureWorld Expo report, reporting channels make a huge difference on salary – those who report to the CEO make a significantly higher salary, but they are also at risk to be the first fired. The top reason security staff leave an enterprise is compensation, leading to the conclusion that an organization’s biggest vulnerability may be its own information security team, due to unfilled jobs and a lack of funding.