Chief Security Officer Salary in California

How much does a Chief Security Officer make in CA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Chief Security Officer in California is $285,952. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $259,419 to $319,090, with most professionals earning between $235,262 and $349,259.

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What is a Chief Security Officer?

A Chief Security Officer (CSO) is an organization's most senior executive accountable for the development and oversight of policies and programs intended for the mitigation and/or reduction of compliance, operational, strategic, financial and reputational security risk strategies relating to the protection of people, intellectual assets and tangible property. The accountabilities of the CSO include, but are not necessarily limited to: In cooperation with the organizationâ€™s executive leadership team(s), directs the development of an effective strategy to assess and mitigate risk (foreign...

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Location	Avg. Salary	Date Updated
Location Coachella, CA	Avg. Salary $271,616	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Acampo, CA	Avg. Salary $277,216	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Acton, CA	Avg. Salary $285,330	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Adelanto, CA	Avg. Salary $271,408	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Adin, CA	Avg. Salary $265,109	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Agoura Hills, CA	Avg. Salary $281,597	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Aguanga, CA	Avg. Salary $271,979	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Ahwahnee, CA	Avg. Salary $258,213	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Alameda, CA	Avg. Salary $316,596	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Alamo, CA	Avg. Salary $315,870	Date Updated April 01, 2025

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What does a Chief Security Officer do?

Common responsibilities of a Chief Security Officer

Manage the enterprise's IT Security organization, consisting of direct reports and indirect reports (such as individuals in other areas of IT) including providing security guidance, hiring, training, staff development, performance management and annual compensation review.

January 22, 2023

Provide expert leadership in the development, implementation, and maintenance of an information security program and associated infrastructure which entails the monitoring of information security trends internal and external to the organization and keeping senior management informed about information security-related issues that could affect the organization.

March 03, 2023

Leads a team of cybersecurity professionals across a broad range of disciplines including risk management, compliance/audits, incident response, security tools, analytics, threat hunting/emulation, security engineering, monitoring/detection, governance, training, and policy creation and implementation.

April 10, 2023

Develop, implement and monitor strategic and comprehensive enterprise information security programs to ensure that the integrity, confidentiality and availability of information that is owned, controlled or processed by the organization thru a well orchestrated audit and inspection approach with thresholds established.

May 18, 2023

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About California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 9.7 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, S...

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