What C-level Security Jobs Ask For
Across 952 open C-level Security postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, cybersecurity, ai.
Updated September 18, 2026
1,187 open C-level Security postings. The percentages below are measured over the 952 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 58% |
| cybersecurity | 58% |
| ai | 43% |
| cissp | 42% |
| cism | 35% |
| nist | 30% |
| cloud-security | 28% |
| iso-27001 | 28% |
| automation | 27% |
| siem | 24% |
| aws | 22% |
| azure | 19% |
| penetration-testing | 17% |
| iam | 16% |
| saas | 16% |
| soc-2 | 16% |
| gdpr | 14% |
| gcp | 13% |
| api | 13% |
| regulatory-compliance | 13% |
| zero-trust | 11% |
| stakeholder-management | 11% |
| ci-cd | 11% |
| edr | 11% |
| pci-dss | 11% |
| agentic-ai | 10% |
| network-security | 10% |
| cloud-native | 9% |
| hipaa | 9% |
| analytics | 9% |
| authentication | 9% |
| devsecops | 9% |
| python | 9% |
| sdlc | 8% |
| machine-learning | 8% |
| llm | 8% |
| fintech | 7% |
| dlp | 7% |
| agile | 7% |
| networking | 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 1,187 open C-level Security jobs →
Across all Security levels
Most Security postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 18,816
- cybersecurity 17,800
- ai 11,102
- automation 10,435
- cissp 9,039
- aws 8,609
- azure 8,100
- python 8,091
- nist 7,911
- cloud-security 7,597
- siem 6,816
- iam 6,077