Salary for Executive-level / Director Information Security Officer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Information Security Officer during 2025 is USD 200,000

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Salary details

The average executive-level / director Information Security Officer salary lies between USD 162,700 and USD 285,000 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Information Security Officer
Experience
Executive-level / Director
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
50
Top 10%
$ 350,000
Top 25%
$ 285,000
Median
$ 200,000
Bottom 25%
$ 162,700
Bottom 10%
$ 93,860

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Executive-level / Director Information Security Officer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with executive-level / director Information Security Officer job listings are CISO, Compliance and Risk management. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

CISO | 85 jobs Compliance | 79 jobs Risk management | 67 jobs Strategy | 65 jobs CISSP | 59 jobs CISM | 52 jobs Cloud | 50 jobs Incident response | 49 jobs Governance | 49 jobs NIST | 41 jobs Computer Science | 41 jobs ISO 27001 | 39 jobs Privacy | 38 jobs Risk assessment | 37 jobs Security strategy | 37 jobs Audits | 35 jobs GDPR | 35 jobs CISA | 34 jobs Monitoring | 28 jobs SOC | 28 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Executive-level / Director Information Security Officer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with executive-level / director Information Security Officer job listings are Career development, Health care and Startup environment. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 65 jobs Health care | 34 jobs Startup environment | 27 jobs Flex hours | 23 jobs Competitive pay | 20 jobs Equity / stock options | 19 jobs Insurance | 18 jobs Team events | 17 jobs Parental leave | 16 jobs Flex vacation | 16 jobs Wellness | 14 jobs Medical leave | 14 jobs Salary bonus | 13 jobs 401(k) matching | 11 jobs Transparency | 9 jobs Flexible spending account | 8 jobs Travel | 4 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Fitness / gym | 4 jobs Fertility benefits | 4 jobs

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