Profile
Steve is a partner in Artico Search’s cybersecurity practice. He is an expert in security executive recruiting and compensation focused on recruiting best-in-class CISOs and their teams across various industries. He leads strategic partnerships
and initiatives including Artico’s annual CISO compensation & budget survey conducted in collaboration with IANS.
Prior to Artico, Steve served in Caldwell Partner's cybersecurity practice and at Russell Reynolds associates.
Expertise
- Security Leadership Recruiting
- Security Org Design Advising
- Security Leadership Compensation
- Career Coaching
- Networking
Qualifications
Certifications & Credentials
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October 15 2025
2025 October Webinar: Structuring Your Security Team: Balancing Resources to Drive Efficiency
As infosec teams grapple with tightened resourcing, balancing the skillsets of your employees, maximizing existing staff and positioning leaders to empower their teams is becoming even more critical as scope expansion outpaces resource allocation. Pulling insights from the IANS and Artico 2025 CISO Compensation and Budget and Infosec Staff Compensation and Career Surveys, IANS Faculty Steve Martano and Senior Research Director will offer guidance on how to organize and optimize your infosec team, position security as an indispensable business partner.
November 19 2025
2025 November Webinar: CISO Compensation in 2025: Seeking Growth in a Slowly-Moving Market
The CISO role continues to increase in visibility and influence in the business, due to a dramatic expansion in scope over the last few years. However, compensation growth for CISOs has not kept pace with the changes in both scope and impact. Macro conditions have slowed the market down and a general lack of job movement has contributed to relatively meager gains in CISO compensation through 2025 compared to prior years. In this webinar, IANS Faculty Steve Martano and Senior Research Director Nick Kakolowski will explore the findings of the IANS and Artico CISO Compensation and Budget Survey to discuss the broader CISO hiring market. While they'll focus on unpacking the data on CISO compensation and anecdotal market trends behind that data, they'll use that data as an entry point into a conversation designed to help CISOs think about their own standing in the business, providing insights and strategies to continue to enhance their brand and the brand of their program.