Information Security Specialist

Ask IT consulting; Trenton (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ask IT Consulting Inc is seeking an Information Security Specialist to develop and document information security policies and standards, and to plan, coordinate, and implement security measures for information systems.

Requirements include 5+ years of relevant experience and a preferred 4-year college degree or equivalent technical study. The role involves policy development, risk assessment, encryption, and firewall implementation to safeguard data.

Qualifications

• Define, develop and implement information security & risk management policies and procedures.
• Develop plans to safeguard computer files against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure.
• Document and maintain a repository with version control of all policies, procedures and best practices.
• Perform compliance reviews, risk management functions, test executions and encryptions for service levels.
• Encrypt data transmissions and erect firewalls to protect confidential information.
• Identify and track issues, risks and action items.

Responsibilities

• Confer with users to discuss access needs and security violations.
• Train users and promote security awareness to improve server and network security.

Skills

Information security

Education

4 year college degree or equivalent

Tools

McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.6

Job description

Ask IT Consulting Inc, backed by a $500 million Microtek group company, provides an industry leading blend of technology, business consulting, and outsourcing services. Ask IT is a minority-owned enterprise; it has been founded on providing the highest quality possible and on the devotion to customer satisfaction. ASK IT consulting is an equal opportunity employer, which is a global staffing, consulting and technology solutions company, offering industry-specific solutions to fortune 500 clients and worldwide corporations.

Job Description

The Information Security Specialist (ISS) is responsible for developing and documenting information security policies and standards, in addition to planning, coordinating, and implementing security measures for information systems.

Years of Relevant Experience: 5 plus years

Preferred Education 4 year college degree or equivalent technical study

• -Define, develop and implement information security & risk management policies, procedures & best practices to comply with industry standards
• -Develop plans to safeguard computer files against accidental or unauthorized
• modification, destruction, or disclosure and to meet emergency data processing
• needs. Monitor use of data files and regulate access to safeguard information in
• -Document and maintain a repository with version control of all policies, procedures and best practices
• -Perform compliance reviews, risk management functions, test executions and encryptions for application and infrastructure service levels
• -Monitor use of data files and safeguard computer files against authorized access and unauthorized access
• -Modify computer security files to incorporate new software, correct errors or access changes
• -Perform risk assessments and execute tests of data processing system to ensure
• functioning of data processing activities and security measures.
• -Encrypt data transmissions and erect firewalls to conceal confidential information as it
• is being transmitted and to keep out tainted digital transfers.
• -Identify and track issues, risks and action items.
• -Document information security policies, standards, and procedures spanning and
• encompassing the range of topics such as organization security, asset ID and
• classification, personal security, communications and operations management,
• access control, system development and maintenance, business continuity
• management, and compliance.
• -Confer with users to discuss issues such as computer data access needs, security
• violations, and programming changes.
• -Train users and promote security awareness to ensure system security and to
• improve server and network efficiency.

Qualifications

Prior experience in the following are essential for the role:

• Mc Afee email gateway (MEG) 7.6