What C-level Security Jobs Ask For
Across 991 open C-level Security postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cybersecurity, cloud, cissp.
Updated November 3, 2026
1,083 open C-level Security postings. The percentages below are measured over the 991 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cybersecurity | 79% |
| cloud | 56% |
| cissp | 47% |
| cism | 40% |
| ai | 38% |
| nist | 33% |
| cloud-security | 32% |
| iso-27001 | 31% |
| iam | 30% |
| risk-assessment | 29% |
| vulnerability-management | 27% |
| automation | 25% |
| siem | 24% |
| aws | 22% |
| azure | 20% |
| threat-intelligence | 19% |
| penetration-testing | 18% |
| api | 17% |
| saas | 17% |
| network-security | 15% |
| stakeholder-management | 15% |
| soc-2 | 14% |
| gcp | 14% |
| regulatory-compliance | 13% |
| zero-trust | 13% |
| edr | 12% |
| gdpr | 11% |
| python | 11% |
| analytics | 10% |
| ci-cd | 10% |
| devsecops | 10% |
| authentication | 10% |
| pci-dss | 10% |
| cloud-native | 9% |
| sdlc | 8% |
| threat-modeling | 8% |
| fintech | 8% |
| owasp | 7% |
| firewall | 7% |
| machine-learning | 7% |
"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 1,083 open C-level Security jobs →
Across all Security levels
Most Security postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cybersecurity 27,323
- cloud 23,118
- ai 13,319
- automation 12,072
- cissp 11,530
- iam 10,547
- aws 10,359
- azure 10,169
- nist 10,109
- python 10,097
- siem 9,311
- cloud-security 9,102