CISO’s in the Room As cybersecurity gains importance, so does CISO influence in the buying circle According to new findings from IANS Research, chief information security officers with executive-level titles now outnumber those with vice president or directory-type titles. It’s a trend that has been building for a few years, said the cybersecurity advisory firm, but this is the first time one of its surveys showed the majority of security leaders holding an executive-level title. It’s also a trend that appears across business sizes, as IANS “State of the CISO 2026 Benchmark Report” found that 47 percent of large enterprises have raised security to the executive ranks, up from 33 percent in 2023. Among companies with annual revenue of less than $100 million, 52 percent of businesses now give their security leaders an executive or senior vice president CISO title. “This year was a major turning-point year where it became a sufficiently large part of our sample that we were able to say are thought of as executive CISOs,” By Martin Vilaboy CYBER PATROL 24 CHANNELVISION | SPRING 2026
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