CHIEF INFORMATION

SECURITY OFFICERAbha Prabhu

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Job Description • Job Title: Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)• Description:

• ‘A chief information security officer (CISO) is the senior-level executive within an organization responsible for establishing and maintaining the enterprise vision, strategy, and program to ensure information assets and technologies are adequately protected’

Nature of Work, Average Day, Responsibility, Duties • Chief Information Security Officers work normal 40 work days

• May have to work overtime if problem arises • Responsibilities/ Duties:

• Appoint and guide a team of IT security experts• Monitor security vulnerabilities, threats, and events in network and host

systems• Develop strategies to handle security incidents and coordinate

investigative activities. • Provide leadership, training opportunities and guidance to personnel

Education and Training Need • A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security or a

related technical field.• Some companies have started requiring their CISO to have technical

master’s degree with a concentration in IT security. • Certifications such as:

• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)•  Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Skills Needed• Appoint and Guide a team of IT experts• Create a strategic plan for the deployment of information security

technologies and program enhancements• Expect new security threats and stay-up-to-date with evolving

infrastructure • Act as a focal point for IT security investigations and direct a full

investigation with recommended courses of action• Collaborate with key stakeholders to establish an IT security risk

management program• Security concepts related to DNS, routing, authentication, VPN,

proxy services and DDOS mitigation technologies

Experience Needed/ Job Outlook• At least 7-12 years in IT and security• At least 5+ years of the 7-12 years experience in IT and Security

should be used by managing security operations and teams.• CISO job is predicted to grow tremendously over the years because

of new technologies, which increases the need to have more efficient cybersecurity.

Starting Salary• Base Salary: $196,000• Bonuses: $29,810• Total: $225,810

Opportunities for Advancement • Since, a Chief Information Securities Officer is a C-level

management position, you can’t directly become one.• You need 7-12 years of experience in the field of information

security. • However, there are many jobs you can build from:

• Security Administrator• Security Auditor• Security Consultant

Work Cited • http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/job-titles/chief-information-se

curity-officer-ciso/

• http://www.cyberdegrees.org/jobs/chief-information-security-officer-ciso/

• http://swz.salary.com/SalaryWizard/Chief-Information-Security-Officer-Salary-Details.aspx?hdcbxbonuse=off&isshowpiechart=true&isshowjobchart=false&isshowsalarydetailcharts=false&isshownextsteps=false&isshowcompanyfct=false&isshowaboutyou=false

• http://www.silverbull.co/hiring-trends-in-cybersecurity/• http://

www.cio.com/article/3072940/security/why-the-ciso-is-the-hardest-tech-role-to-fill.html