Chief Information Security Officer

Network Health; Town of Brookfield (WI); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Health is seeking a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to lead the information security program protecting data, applications, and infrastructure in our hybrid Wisconsin operations. The role requires deep risk management expertise, strong leadership, and collaboration with compliance, legal, and IT teams to align security with business objectives.

The CISO will set security strategy, oversee threat and vulnerability assessments, establish standards, and mentor security

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in MIS, engineering or closely related field required.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• CISA, CISM or CISSP or ability to obtain within one year in position.
• 10 years of experience in senior IT roles and in Health Plan business.

Responsibilities

• Lead incident response with compliance and legal teams.
• Define and implement risk management structures, policies and controls.
• Govern and respond to risks involving protected data and information systems.
• Provide senior technical leadership on future directions of systems and security.
• Oversee IDS, firewall architectures, forensics methods, secure messaging, and security controls.

Skills

Security leadership

Incident response

Risk management

Policy development

Governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in MIS/engineering or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

IDS architectures

Firewall architectures

Forensics methods

Secure messaging

Security controls

Job description

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is a director level role responsible for establishing and maintaining the information security program to ensure that information assets and associated technology, applications, systems, infrastructure and processes are adequately protected in the digital ecosystem in which we operate. The CISO is responsible for identifying, evaluating and reporting on legal and regulatory, IT, and cybersecurity risk to information assets, while supporting and advancing business objectives. This role reports to the Chief Information Officer.

Location: Candidates must reside in the state of Wisconsin for consideration. This position is eligible to work at your home office (reliable internet is required), at our office in Brookfield or Menasha, or a combination of both in our hybrid workplace model.

Hours: 1.0 FTE, 40 hours per week, 8am-5pm Monday through Friday

Job Responsibilities

• A key leader of the incident response team (IRT). Collaborates with compliance and legal departments as appropriate regarding the incident
• Define, develop, and implement risk management structures, strategies, and policies to reduce risk and to prevent and defend against information security attacks
• Govern, evaluate, and respond to risks involving the organization's protected data and interests; assure all information systems concerning security policies are operating correctly and compliantly
• Recognize the security challenges in the current and future state of business operations; provide the organization with the right tools, skills, resources, relationships, and capabilities to protect against growing information security risks
• Determine information security policies and strategies; structure security initiatives with security programs and business objectives
• Provide senior technical leadership to IT and the enterprise including being conversant with the future direction of systems, how that direction will impact the enterprise, and how future and current systems can be exploited for the benefit of the enterprise
• Manages intrusion detection services (IDS) architectures including enterprise-scale firewall architectures, disruption investigation and forensics methods and technologies, secure messaging architectures, cyber security controls, and distributed computing platforms
• Oversee the development, implementation, and enforcement of information security standards and procedures
• Conduct threat and vulnerability assessments as appropriate within the organization
• Oversee the investigation of data security breaches, including internal communications
• Develop and champion the corporate security awareness program

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in MIS, engineering or closely related field required.
• Master's degree preferred
• 10 years' experience in senior IT roles required
• 10 years' experience and knowledge of the Health Plan business required
• 3+ years' experience in a leadership position
• CISA, CISM or CISSP or ability to obtain within one year in the position

Network Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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