Research Desk · computed from the record
Reports
Every report here is computed from sourced records on the Wire or from public filings we read ourselves, and recalculates on every deploy. No estimates, no survey data, no outside claims.
Open seats on the record
8
seats open · median about 36 days open · longest open: Department of the Air Force, about 219 days
Computed 2026-10-14 · every open seat, by sector and region · time to fill
CISO moves in 2026
The tracker report: verified appointments and departures in 2026, monthly counts, internal promotions, dual-title roles and open seats.
The Security Seat Index
Appointment and departure counts, internal-promotion rate, documented successions and month-by-month movement.
Time in the CISO seat
Completed tenures: appointment to departure, same person, same company, both dated to the day.
Time to fill the CISO seat
Days from a departure to the next confirmed appointment at the same company, by year and by sector, with every open seat and its age.
SEC cyber incident disclosures
Every Form 8-K Item 1.05 filing, a company's own disclosure of a material cybersecurity incident, read from SEC EDGAR and linked to the filing.
Board committee oversight
Which board committee a company's own SEC DEF 14A proxy statement names as overseeing, or receiving reports from, its CISO or CSO.
CISO reporting lines, from 10-K filings
Who the top security role reports to, as each company's own Form 10-K Item 1C states it, counted overall and by sector; every section is in the disclosure library, verbatim.
Monthly recaps and the record by year
One recap page per month with at least one record, latest September 2026, and every move on the record by year.
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