The CISO Council is a 501(c)(6) member led organization founded by EC-Council to unite cybersecurity leaders in the collective defense against evolving cyber threats. Created by the world’s leading cybersecurity certification body with over 400,000 certified professionals across 194 countries, the CISO Council provides an independent safe space where Chief Information Security Officers and executive security leaders can connect, collaborate, and share critical intelligence without commercial bias or vendor influence.

Governed by its members through global chapters and guided by
EC-Council’s commitment to building the cybersecurity workforce since its founding in 2001, the CISO Council exists to strengthen the cybersecurity community through peer driven knowledge sharing, executive leadership development, and the collective wisdom of security leaders who understand that defending our digital world requires trusted collaboration, not isolation.

This is where CISOs come together not as competitors, but as allies in the fight to protect what matters most.