Stumbled on a stat about CISO turnover that blew my mind

I was putting together a report for our marketing team and dug into some data from IANS Research. Turns out the average CISO tenure is now around 18 months, down from 3 years just a few years ago. That really changed how I think about targeting our content and emails. Has anyone else adjusted their marketing strategy based on this kind of shift?

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the_miles7d ago

18 months is insane" is right. I was at a company where we had three CISOs in just over two years. First one left, second one got fired, third one quit after six months. It was a total mess. We couldn't even get basic security projects started because we kept starting over with new leaders.

the_miles7d ago

18 months is insane, that's barely enough time to learn everyone's names.

amy9745d ago

Does @the_miles have a point that companies just don't know what they want from a CISO anymore? Like 18 months might sound bad but it's almost expected now. I've seen teams where the security roadmap just gets thrown out every time a new person comes in. It's like nobody wants to commit to a real strategy because they know the next CISO might just change everything. And then you end up with half finished projects and a lot of confused people.