What C-level Security Jobs Ask For
Across 919 open C-level Security postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cybersecurity, cloud, cissp.
Updated October 8, 2026
1,107 open C-level Security postings. The percentages below are measured over the 919 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cybersecurity | 68% |
| cloud | 59% |
| cissp | 48% |
| cism | 40% |
| ai | 38% |
| nist | 34% |
| cloud-security | 33% |
| iso-27001 | 33% |
| risk-assessment | 26% |
| automation | 25% |
| siem | 25% |
| aws | 21% |
| iam | 21% |
| penetration-testing | 19% |
| azure | 19% |
| api | 18% |
| saas | 17% |
| network-security | 16% |
| regulatory-compliance | 16% |
| stakeholder-management | 15% |
| gdpr | 15% |
| soc-2 | 15% |
| gcp | 12% |
| authentication | 11% |
| pci-dss | 11% |
| zero-trust | 11% |
| edr | 10% |
| ci-cd | 10% |
| devsecops | 10% |
| analytics | 10% |
| hipaa | 9% |
| sdlc | 9% |
| python | 8% |
| fintech | 8% |
| agentic-ai | 8% |
| cloud-native | 7% |
| networking | 7% |
| dlp | 6% |
| machine-learning | 6% |
| firewall | 6% |
"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 1,107 open C-level Security jobs →
Across all Security levels
Most Security postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 18,834
- cybersecurity 17,625
- ai 11,149
- automation 10,670
- cissp 9,443
- aws 8,698
- python 8,434
- azure 8,249
- nist 8,134
- cloud-security 7,690
- siem 7,099
- iam 6,359