ClearSky Connect

Real, anonymous benchmarking data from verified CISOs. See what peers are spending, prioritizing, and deploying. Free for security leaders.

The best-informed CISO in the room isn't the one with the biggest team.

ClearSky Connect gives security leaders what expensive analyst subscriptions promise but rarely deliver: anonymous data on what your peers are actually spending, prioritizing, and deploying — from verified CISOs only. Free, with no analyst subscription in sight.

PEER BENCHMARKING THAT'S ACTUALLY ANONYMOUS Anonymity isn't a setting. It's the architecture. K-anonymity is enforced at the database level: results are never shown until enough peers have responded to prevent re-identification. Your real name is never visible to other members. You are assigned a pseudonym on approval.

WHAT YOU GET

• Benchmark your security program against peers filtered by industry, company size, geography, and budget range • Vote on live community surveys covering priorities, spend, tooling, and emerging threats • See aggregated results immediately after responding — no waiting for a quarterly report • Track how the community's priorities shift over time with trend analysis and alerts • Rate vendors in your stack and see honest satisfaction scores from CISOs who've actually deployed them — not hand-picked sales references • Match anonymously with peers who share your profile for candid, pseudonymous conversations • Download market intelligence reports on security spending and priority patterns

HOW IT WORKS

1. Apply — Submit your profile for verification. Once approved, you receive a pseudonym. Your real name is never visible to other members.
2. Build your profile — Industry, company size, geography, and budget range. Used for benchmarking filters only, never shared with vendors or third parties.
3. Participate in surveys — Quick polls and structured surveys on what matters to security leaders right now.
4. See where you stand — Compare your answers to peers instantly, filtered by the demographics that matter most to you.

WHY IT'S FREE

ClearSky is a cybersecurity and energy transition-focused investment firm. We built Connect because better-informed CISOs make better decisions — and that's good for the entire ecosystem. We do not sell your data. We do not sell to vendors. The platform exists to give security leaders the peer visibility that analyst subscriptions promise but rarely deliver.

BUILT THE WAY A CISO WOULD BUILD IT

• K-anonymity enforced — no results displayed until the anonymity threshold is met • Zero vendor-sponsored content — ratings come from practitioners, not sales teams • No analyst paywall — all benchmarking data is free to verified members • Verified members only — applications are reviewed to maintain data quality and signal integrity • Account deletion available from within the app at any time

ClearSky Connect is available exclusively to verified security leaders.