Director of Information Security (4071)
Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL
The Director of Information Security has direct management responsibility for the Information Security Office (ISO), Account Access, Business Continuity and IT Disaster Planning (BCDP) and IT physical security. Account Access, BCDP, ISO and IT Physical Security combine to represent a comprehensive umbrella of IT related security services and includes oversight and coordination of the NIU Information Security Policy and enforcement of the NIU Acceptable Use Policy and the Security Access Policy.
The functional aspects of these high level activities include: coordination with internal and external enforcement authorities as relates to IT criminal investigation activities, coordinating response to copyright infringement notices, coordination of data breach responses, directing internal IT forensic analyses for administrative purposes, assessing and responding to IT related threats, providing proactive education and awareness notification as relates to information protection, immediate IT threat response and interfacing with end-users who are not in compliance with applicable University policy.
Additionally, this position is responsible for informing and coordinating with distributed Lan-Administrators and is the point-of-contact for external auditor response regarding IT security related issues. This position is the published designee for University representation as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and lnternet Abuse I security contact. Generally speaking, the incumbent performs duties and is responsible for issues that are consistent with the role of a Chief IT Security Officer.
Given the breadth of responsibility and accountability associated with leading the university’s information security program, this position requires a high degree of judgment, responsiveness, and availability, including the ability to address critical incidents and emerging issues outside of normal business hours.
The functional aspects of these high level activities include: coordination with internal and external enforcement authorities as relates to IT criminal investigation activities, coordinating response to copyright infringement notices, coordination of data breach responses, directing internal IT forensic analyses for administrative purposes, assessing and responding to IT related threats, providing proactive education and awareness notification as relates to information protection, immediate IT threat response and interfacing with end-users who are not in compliance with applicable University policy.
Additionally, this position is responsible for informing and coordinating with distributed Lan-Administrators and is the point-of-contact for external auditor response regarding IT security related issues. This position is the published designee for University representation as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and lnternet Abuse I security contact. Generally speaking, the incumbent performs duties and is responsible for issues that are consistent with the role of a Chief IT Security Officer.
Given the breadth of responsibility and accountability associated with leading the university’s information security program, this position requires a high degree of judgment, responsiveness, and availability, including the ability to address critical incidents and emerging issues outside of normal business hours.
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