Even though there is a growing demand for cybersecurity expertise at the highest levels of business, a significant number of public companies lack even one qualified cybersecurity expert on their board of directors, according to a study by cybersecurity research and advisory firm IANS. In addition, the study found that just a little more than one in 10 CISOs have all the key traits thought to be crucial for success on a corporate board.
In its CISO Board Readiness Analysis study, IANS evaluated the qualifications of CISOs in companies listed on the Russell 1000 index, the stock market index for the 1,000 largest public sector companies in the US.
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