H2 2026 Snapshot & Outlook.
CISO, Security & GRC hiring — compensation, contracting and the regulatory calendar. Built on Lico’s H1 2026 placement evidence, published salary surveys and MAS / CSA primary sources.
Six things the report covers.
2026 comp bands by role and institution type
CISO to IT Audit Manager, split across Tier-1, mid-size and digital bank / fintech — granularity no published survey provides.
Accountability check on our Q4 2025 calls
We staked five predictions six months ago. Here's what held, what missed, and why.
The regulatory calendar driving 2026–27 hiring
TPRM, AI Risk Management, Cyber Trust Mark milestones — mapped to the roles they will force onto org charts.
Interim, fractional and vCISO day rates
A market not publicly surveyed at this granularity — engagement types, rates, and the factors that move them.
AI security: from curiosity to mandate
Initial comp guidance published ahead of the major surveys — and where the role lands on 2027 org charts.
Sector-by-sector hiring stories
Retail and digital banks, wholesale, insurers, asset managers, payments & exchanges, fintechs — same market, six logics.
Precise, sector-specific intelligence you can take to the board.
The full 16-page PDF — comp bands, rate cards and the accountability check — isn’t posted publicly. Email nicole@licoresources.com and we’ll send it straight over.
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