What C-level Security Jobs Ask For
Across 408 open C-level Security postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cybersecurity, cloud, cissp.
Updated October 28, 2026
417 open C-level Security postings. The percentages below are measured over the 408 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cybersecurity | 80% |
| cloud | 61% |
| cissp | 50% |
| cism | 41% |
| ai | 41% |
| risk-assessment | 40% |
| iam | 37% |
| nist | 37% |
| cloud-security | 36% |
| vulnerability-management | 33% |
| iso-27001 | 32% |
| automation | 29% |
| threat-intelligence | 25% |
| penetration-testing | 25% |
| siem | 23% |
| api | 22% |
| aws | 21% |
| azure | 19% |
| network-security | 19% |
| disaster-recovery | 18% |
| stakeholder-management | 17% |
| regulatory-compliance | 16% |
| gcp | 15% |
| saas | 14% |
| devsecops | 13% |
| gdpr | 13% |
| soc-2 | 13% |
| authentication | 13% |
| zero-trust | 13% |
| analytics | 12% |
| endpoint-security | 12% |
| agentic-ai | 11% |
| cloud-native | 11% |
| sdlc | 11% |
| ci-cd | 10% |
| pci-dss | 9% |
| machine-learning | 9% |
| hipaa | 9% |
| python | 9% |
| llm | 8% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 417 open C-level Security jobs →
Across all Security levels
Most Security postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cybersecurity 10,358
- cloud 9,552
- ai 6,997
- automation 5,504
- python 4,558
- cissp 4,452
- aws 4,437
- iam 4,252
- nist 4,106
- azure 3,871
- cloud-security 3,817
- siem 3,300