The survey also categorized respondents by job title. Figure 4 illustrates that 32 percent (slightly
up from last year’s 29 percent) of the respondents were senior executives with the titles of chief
executive officer (CEO) (7 percent), chief information officer (CIO) (10 percent), chief security
officer (CSO) (3 percent) or chief information security officer (CISO) (12 percent). The single
largest category of specific respondents (25 percent) had the job title of security officer, while an
additional 8 percent of respondents had the title of system administrator, while 34 percent had various other titles. Last year's questionnaire turned up only one respondent who ticked the
checkbox for chief privacy officer, but this year two turned up. While it’s tempting to herald
a doubling of the nation’s CPOs, one suspects it means that positions with that specific title
continue to find little traction in the enterprise world.