BISO - Business Information Security Officer / Remote

EVOTEK, Inc.•San Diego, CA

2d•$150,000 - $190,000•Remote

About The Position

The Business Information Security Officer (BISO) will be responsible for helping drive the security strategy by developing and executing security initiatives that span technology, process, and culture. The (BISO) will be tasked with taking the existing strategy, direction and vision and evolving and expanding it to ensure the line of businesses meet and exceed security demands. In this role, you will be supporting a group/team to develop a deep understanding of the business to provide guidance on information security topics, policies, and controls.

Requirements

Cyber Compliance Assessments & Regulatory Compliance experience
10+ years of Information Technology experience, with a background in Security and Compliance.
Seasoned track record of assessing threat and vulnerability from a business and technical perspective.
Ability to develop and champions pragmatic security solutions that support growth of the business.
Experience developing a strategic, comprehensive enterprise information security and IT risk and privacy management program.
Experience with supporting customer-facing products, not just internal.
Ability to create a culture of accountability and security.
Service Level Management experience.
Ability to communicate and engage effectively with a diverse audience, including front line technical staff, non-technical staff, management, executives, and vendors/providers.
Self-starter with the ability to lead tasks with demonstrated ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

Develop, drive, and implement the overall information security program (goals, objectives, and policies) while establishing departmental goals and priorities to execute on that vision.
Establish a defined, consistent security architecture standard and work with business units to implement technical controls in line with cutting edge best in class security and privacy standards.
Drive domestic and international projects to meet emerging cyber security requirements, data protection and privacy laws.
Implement approved policies and procedures to ensure information security efforts are properly coordinated and in compliance to make recommendations for changes and improvements to reduce the overall security risk.
Monitor and assess the compliance of the organization with information security policies and procedures, while ensuring third-party compliance.
Oversee incident response planning, data loss prevention and remediation of breaches, serving as the focal point for response delivery.
Implement an ongoing risk assessment program targeting information security and privacy matters; recommend methods for vulnerability detection and remediation and perform and/or oversee vulnerability testing.
Coordinate and deliver information security reporting and assessments as required by regulatory agencies, clients, and management.
Work with peers across the company to review customer feedback/ requirements and ensure that security strategy and roadmaps are aligned with the security needs of customers.
Keep current on latest security and privacy legislation, regulations, alerts, and vulnerabilities pertaining to the organization. Conduct continual research to maintain knowledge of technology, customer needs and overall requirements.
Participate in key initiatives and projects to ensure that cybersecurity controls are accounted for early within the project and software development lifecycles.
Work with the division to ensure risk assessments are conducted on high-risk business applications. Provide escalation for high-risk issues arising from those assessments. Ensure remediation plans are tracked to completion.