CISOs Rise To Prominence: Security Leaders Join The Executive Suite
Dark Reading, Friday, January 16th, 2026
Security professionals are moving up the executive ranks as enterprises face rising regulatory and compliance standards.
Businesses are increasingly giving top cybersecurity leaders the title of chief information security officer (CISO) and treating them as high-ranking executives - a reflection of how digitally dependent the world has become. CISOs agree the trend reflects how pivotal cybersecurity now is to an enterprise, but additional benefits are not totally clear.