08 Oct Sophos Launches CISO Advantage Across North America and Europe
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine
Sausalito, Calif. – Oct. 8, 2026
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According to the 2026 CISO Report from Cybercrime Magazine in partnership with Sophos, an estimated 35,000 chief information security officers (CISOs) serve 359 million businesses worldwide, a ratio of roughly 10,000 to one. Hiring alone cannot close the gap.
Sophos’ 2026 MSP Perspectives Report found that on average, 46 percent of customers look to their MSP (managed services provider) to act as their CISO now; with 84 percent of MSPs expecting the demand for CISO services to increase over the next year.
Organizations without a CISO lack the skillset and resources to assess risk and build a strategy. Organizations with a CISO are increasingly asked to prove control effectiveness and demonstrate progress to boards, regulators, and insurers, even as the role strains under pressure, as average tenure of a CISO runs 18 to 26 months and 75 percent are considering a job change.
Against this backdrop, Sophos CISO Advantage, an agentic AI-enabled solution that connects security operations to security strategy, was announced this month. “Good security strategy has always required expertise that’s too scarce to scale, so it’s stayed a luxury only the largest enterprises could afford.” said Rob Harrison, senior vice president, product management, Sophos.
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