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Information Security Program(me) Management

Design, develop and manage an information security program(me) to implement the information security governance framework.

Tasks

  • Create and maintain plans to implement the information security governance framework.
  • Develop information security baseline(s).
  • Develop procedures and guidelines to ensure business processes address information security risk.
  • Develop procedures and guidelines for IT infrastructure activities to ensure compliance with information security policies.
  • Integrate information security program(me) requirements into the organization's life cycle activities.
  • Develop methods of meeting information security policy requirements that recognize impact on end users.
  • Promote accountability by business process owners and other stakeholders in managing information security risks.
  • Establish metrics to manage the information security governance framework.
  • Ensure that internal and external resources for information security are identified, appropriated and managed.

Knowledge Statements

  • Knowledge of methods to develop an implementation plan that meets security requirements identified in risk analyses
  • Knowledge of project management methods and techniques
  • Knowledge of the components of an information security governance framework for integrating security principles, practices, management and awareness into all aspects and all levels of the enterprise
  • Knowledge of security baselines and configuration management in the design and management of business applications and the infrastructure
  • Knowledge of information security architectures: (for example, single sign-on, rules-based as opposed to list-based system access control for systems, limited points of systems administration)
  • Knowledge of information security technologies (for example, cryptographic techniques and digital signatures, to enable management to select appropriate controls)
  • Knowledge of security procedures and guidelines for business processes and infrastructure activities
  • Knowledge of the systems development life cycle methodologies (for example, traditional SDLC, prototyping)
  • Knowledge of planning, conducting, reporting and follow-up of security testing
  • Knowledge of certifying and accrediting the compliance of business applications and infrastructure to the enterprise's information security governance framework
  • Knowledge of types, benefits and costs of physical, administrative and technical controls
  • Knowledge of planning, designing, developing, testing and implementing information security requirements into an enterprise's business processes
  • Knowledge of security metrics design, development and implementation
  • Knowledge of acquisition management methods and techniques (for example, evaluation of vendor service level agreements, preparation of contracts)
 
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