Path studies
How people get to the seat
Studies of the routes into the top security job. Each one is built from the profiles on this site, and every claim links back to a profile or a source.
- 01Path study 03Builders in the chair: the engineers, researchers and product people who became CISOsEleven profiled CISOs came up through hands-on technical work: software and security engineering, malware research, breach analysis, product and infrastructure.
- 02Path study 01Deputy, then chief: how the number-two security job leads to the top seatTwelve of our profiles show two routes to the CISO title: promotion inside one organization, or a deputy post at one employer traded for the top job at another.
- 03Path study 02Service first: the twelve CISOs whose careers began in uniformTwelve of 51 profiled security chiefs served in the armed forces, three from each of four branches. What they did in service and how they crossed into civilian security.