Director of Information Security jobs: 178 open roles, pay, industries and skills
178 open Director of Information Security jobs, taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Also listed as Information Security Director, Director, Information Security, Senior Director of Information Security, Global Director of Information Security, Regional Director of Information Security. Listings that state pay show a median of $227,500 a year.
The market for Director of Information Security work
Every figure is counted from verified open listings. Pay is what the employer advertises for the job.
- Verified open Director of Information Security jobs
- 178
- State with the most openings
- California (24)
- Industry hiring the most
- Technology & Software (42%)
- Listings that ask for an AI skill
- 42%
Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.
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What a Director of Information Security does
Director role in Security.
A director of information security leads a team inside the function and answers for protecting the company’s data and systems: risk, controls and incident response.
Usually reports to a vice president or a C-suite leader, and manages managers and individual contributors. Senior and global director titles are counted here.
Other ways this role is written
- Director of Information Security
- Information Security Director
- Director, Information Security
- Senior Director of Information Security
- Global Director of Information Security
- Regional Director of Information Security
- Director of Cybersecurity
- Director of Security
Listings under any of these titles are counted on this page. Assistant, associate, manager and staff titles are not.
Open Director of Information Security jobs
Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
- Director - Cybersecurity Officer
Sam Houston State University · Huntsville, Texas
Oct 31, 2026
- Senior Director, Cybersecurity Engineering
Banner Health · Phoenix, Arizona
Oct 31, 2026
- Director, Security Architecture
Cardinal Health · Nationwide
Oct 31, 2026
- Sr Director, Cybersecurity Defense & Response (Hybrid - Dallas TX)
Aecom · Dallas, TX
Oct 31, 2026
- Business Development Director, Cybersecurity
BDO International · McLean, VA
$150k–$180k · Oct 31, 2026
- Senior Director, Senior Cyber Broker - NA FINEX
Willis Towers Watson · New York, NY
$175k–$300k · Oct 31, 2026
- Senior Director, Product, Security and Privacy Counsel
Neo4j · Remote: United States
$260k–$300k · Oct 30, 2026
- Director, IT Security
New York University · New York, New York
Oct 30, 2026
- Director of Identity and Information Security
Hofstra University · Hempstead, New York
Oct 30, 2026
- Director, Information Security
Crown Holdings · PA - Yardley
Oct 30, 2026
- Director of Information Security (6055)
NextPath Career Partners · Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Oct 29, 2026
- Director, Institute for Cybersecurity - College of Business and Computing
Southeast Missouri State University · Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Oct 29, 2026
- Senior Director, Global Cyber Defense
DoorDash · United States - Remote
Oct 29, 2026
- Practice Director - Application Security
Ahead · United States
Oct 29, 2026
- Director of Security Architecture
Fidelity National Financial · Jacksonville, FL
Oct 29, 2026
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Director of Information Security salary
From 51 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars, base pay only.
- Lower quarter
- $182,000
- Median
- $227,500
- Upper quarter
- $265,000
Leadership pay often includes bonus and equity that a listing does not state. Treat these figures as the floor of the conversation, not the whole package.
Best industries for Director of Information Security jobs
Employers hiring the most, as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry. Median pay shown where at least 8 listings state it.
Where Director of Information Security jobs are
States with the most open listings; median pay where at least 8 listings state it.
Skills Director of Information Security jobs ask for
Named in the listings themselves, as a share of 101 Director of Information Security listings that name skills. Leadership listings name fewer skills than individual-contributor ones, so this is a signal, not a checklist.
Most named in Director of Information Security listings
- 1. risk management39%
- 2. audit38%
- 3. aws23%
- 4. ci/cd19%
- 5. python16%
- 6. kubernetes16%
- 7. hipaa13%
- 8. azure13%
- 9. supply chain12%
- 10. gcp11%
Across all Security openings
- 1. aws16%
- 2. risk management16%
- 3. python16%
- 4. audit13%
- 5. azure10%
- 6. ci/cd8%
- 7. onboarding8%
- 8. linux7%
- 9. kubernetes6%
- 10. gcp6%
AI skills for Director of Information Security jobs
Specific AI skills named in the full posting text, such as prompt engineering, AI governance or an AI tool. A general mention of AI does not count.
42% of 107 open Director of Information Security listings ask for a specific AI skill, against 19% of all Security openings.
AI skills named most often
- 1. AI governance and risk22%
- 2. AI workflow automation18%
- 3. AI tools in daily work15%
- 4. LLM application engineering14%
- 5. AI adoption and change management6%
- 6. AI coding assistants5%
Do AI skills change director of information security pay?
For Security roles in general, as of November 2, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for director of information security alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.
Among Security listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +6.7% (about $13k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.
- Listings that ask for an AI skill
- $207,000
- median, from 550 paid listings
- Listings that never mention AI
- $156,000
- median, from 402 paid listings
Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.
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The Security ladder
The same function at other levels: where this role comes from and where it leads.
Job titles under Director of Information Security
The exact titles employers use, with their own job and salary pages.
Employers hiring for Director of Information Security roles
- Monolith AI 4
- BNY 3
- JPMorgan Chase 3
- Willis Towers Watson 3
- WTW 3
- Instalily Ai 2
- Northern Trust 2
- DTCC 2
- Princess Cruises / Holland America Line 2
- Cybersecurity Jobs 2
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2
- Principal Financial Group 2
Director of Information Security questions
- What does a Director of Information Security do?
- A director of information security leads a team inside the function and answers for protecting the company’s data and systems: risk, controls and incident response. Usually reports to a vice president or a C-suite leader, and manages managers and individual contributors. Senior and global director titles are counted here.
- What else is a Director of Information Security called?
- The same job is also written Information Security Director, Director, Information Security, Senior Director of Information Security, Global Director of Information Security, Regional Director of Information Security, Director of Cybersecurity, Director of Security.
- How many Director of Information Security jobs are open?
- 178 verified open Director of Information Security jobs, each checked against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
- How much does a Director of Information Security make?
- Among 51 open Director of Information Security listings that state pay, the median is $227,500 a year, and half of listings fall between $182,000 and $265,000. This is pay the employer advertises for the job, not total compensation such as bonus or equity.
- Where are Director of Information Security jobs?
- California (24), New York (22), Texas (19), Florida (13) have the most open Director of Information Security listings. About 42% of listings that state a work arrangement are remote.
- Which state pays a Director of Information Security the most?
- Of the states with enough listings that state pay, California has the highest median at $291,500.
- Which industries hire for Director of Information Security roles?
- Technology & Software (42%), Financial Services & Banking (17%), Professional Services & Consulting (10%), Healthcare & Hospital Systems (8%), as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry.
- What skills do Director of Information Security jobs ask for?
- The skills named most often in open Director of Information Security listings are risk management, audit, aws, ci/cd, python.
- Do Director of Information Security jobs ask for AI skills?
- 42% of 107 open Director of Information Security listings read in full name a specific AI skill. The most common is AI governance and risk.
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