EC-Council Certified CISO Hall of Fame Report 2023

A survey of global cybersecurity leaders via the Certified CISO Hall of Fame Report 2023 commissioned by the EC-Council identified 4 key areas of serious concern: cloud security, data security, security governance, and cybersecurity talent shortages.

EC-Council, a global leader in cybersecurity education and training, today released its Certified Chief Information Security Officer Hall of Fame Report, honoring the top 50 Certified CISOs globally. The report reveals that around 50% of information security leaders surveyed identified cloud security as their top concern. The findings from the report pinpoint the top cybersecurity issues facing organizations and highlight the need to implement a robust security framework with skilled cybersecurity professionals to effectively address emerging threats. On average, a company uses about 1,295 cloud services, while an employee uses at least 36 cloud-based services every day. A real cloud security risk for business.

Additional challenges identified in this report include third party/vendor security management, network security, application security, endpoint security, rapid IT changes, business growth and expansion of hybrid work models, and insufficient focus on cyber risk management.

In a recent report published by IBM, the organizations studied experienced more than one data breach, achieving an all-time high frequency, and an average data breach cost of USD 4.35 million. More than ever, businesses need strong and experienced cybersecurity leadership from individuals with top certification.

Respondents to the survey are cybersecurity leaders hailing from every region of the world, with the highest concentrations in Asia and North America. These professionals are employed primarily in technology, financial services, government, retail, healthcare, education, transportation and automotive, and entertainment and hospitality.

This Certified CISO Hall of Fame report and accompanying surveys are published annually to honor professionals from around the world for their outstanding leadership and professional contributions to the information security industry. Award recipients demonstrate an outstanding understanding of the evolving cybersecurity landscape, promoting the values ​​of innovation, thought leadership and collaboration through their work.

“I am pleased to congratulate our newly inducted Certified CISO into the 2023 Hall of Fame,” said Jay Bavisi, President and CEO of EC-Council. “Their incredible achievements and unwavering commitment to cybersecurity is truly inspiring. As industry leaders, they have played a critical role in driving innovation, enhancing security practices, and protecting organizations from evolving threats. We are extremely proud of their accomplishments and are confident that their expertise will continue to have a major impact on the cybersecurity landscape.”

Considering the impact of information security, the Certified CISO Hall of Fame Report further highlights the significant impact the Certified CISO program has on addressing this cybersecurity challenge. 99% of Certified CISOs recognize a substantial increase in their cybersecurity leadership skills through EC-Council Certified CISO training, while 98% agree that the certification helps strengthen their organization’s cybersecurity posture. Notably, more than 90% of Certified CISO inductees report greater confidence in aligning security strategy with organizational goals after obtaining certification.

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The EC-Council Certified CISO Program closes the gap between the need for business-critical cyber leadership and the need for more experienced, experienced security executive talent. That Certified CISO program is dedicated to producing highly skilled executive leaders in cybersecurity by equipping them with the knowledge and strong executive leadership capabilities to design and implement a robust security portfolio of services and technologies to protect critical operations.

To further accelerate talent into leadership roles, EC Council has also introduced the CCISO Associate program. This program enables new security professionals with a minimum of 2 years experience in cybersecurity to understand the roles and responsibilities of security executives and guide their career path to reach positions of industry leadership. This powerful program provides an enabling approach to new security professionals by giving them a solid view of the path to their future as cyber leaders. CCISO Associates are provided with the knowledge of the professional experience they need to gain or further develop in their current professional capacity.

About EC-Council

EC-Council invented the Certified Ethical Hacker program. Founded in 2001 in response to 9/11, the EC-Council’s mission is to provide the training and certification of apprentices and experienced cybersecurity professionals needed to keep companies, government agencies and others who employ them safe from attack.

Best known for its Certified Ethical Hacker program, EC-Council currently offers 200 different types of training, certificates and degrees in everything from Computer Forensic Investigation and Security Analysis to Threat Intelligence and Information Security. An ISO/IEC 17024 Accredited Organization recognized under US Department of Defense Directive 8140/8570 and many other authoritative cybersecurity agencies worldwide, the company has certified more than 3,00,000 professionals worldwide. Trusted by seven of the Fortune 10, half of the Fortune 100, and the intelligence community of 140 countries, EC-Council is the gold standard in cybersecurity education and certification.

A truly global organization with a driving belief in bringing diversity, equity and inclusion to the modern cybersecurity workforce, EC-Council has 11 offices in the US, UK, India, Malaysia, Singapore and India.