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Security Advisor - IT Security and Privacy

Nelnet

CampusGuard, a Nelnet Company, provides information security services for campus-based organizations including higher education institutions, healthcare providers, city, county and state government agencies and hospitality markets. As a full-service information security firm, we leverage our knowledge combined with the industry standards for compliance and information security issues to provide our customers with world class information security & compliance services.

CampusGuard, a Nelnet company, provides cybersecurity and compliance services for campus-based organizations including higher education institutions, healthcare providers, state and local government agencies, utilities and hospitality markets. As a full-service firm, we leverage our knowledge combined with the industry standards for compliance and information security issues to provide our customers with world class information cybersecurity & compliance services.

The Security Advisor provides information security and compliance consulting services using accepted standards, frameworks, and best practices including but not limited to NIST SPs 800-53 and 800-171, NIST CSF, and ISO 27001. Security Advisors assess and report on customers’ compliance with various rules, regulations, and standards such as CMMC, GDPR, FERPA, HIPAA/HITECH, GLBA, and FACTA Red Flags. The Security Advisor will gather and analyze customer information, make remote and/or physical site visits, conduct interviews, make observations, take appropriate notes, perform gap analysis, review evidence and documentation, and complete reports on findings with remediation recommendations where necessary. Security Advisors provide ongoing consultation services to customers via recurring and ad-hoc meetings and email communications, and assist with periodic support activities, such as tabletop exercises and facilitating risk assessments, to ensure continued compliance. The Security Advisor provides sales support in the form of conference attendance/presentations, collaborates with Customer Relationship Manager (CRM) partners, and performs other tasks as needed/assigned, including but not limited to time entry, internal meetings, creating/revising both internal- and customer-facing documents and tools, and attending training seminars/webinars.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Security Advisors are responsible for assessing and reporting on customer business and technical environments, operations/procedures, administration of infrastructure (from the network border to endpoints and everything in-between), compliance programs, and policies and procedures, as measured against relevant industry standards. Responsibilities of the Security Advisor include, but are not limited to the following:
• Consult both onsite and remotely with customers to collect, review, and analyze data related to current institutional policies, business practices and procedures, network infrastructure, IT system configurations and physical security as it all relates to multiple compliance requirements.
• Performing gap analyses of current environments, controls, and programs.
• Review requirements with application and service providers as necessary to achieve information security and compliance objectives.
• Make recommendations for remediation steps required to achieve information security and compliance objectives.
• Upon requests from ongoing customers, the Security Advisor may review customer-prepared documents and reports, and provide feedback/guidance to ensure accuracy, or in some cases assist the customer with the preparation of required industry-standard reporting obligations.
• This is a remote work position. Candidate must be able to work in a home office environment with minimal supervision
• Ability to travel required (potentially up to 50%).
• Other duties as assigned.

Security Advisors use standardized procedures and methods to assess the security and monitor the on-going compliance of each customer:
• Perform gap assessments through interviews and physical assessments to evaluate customer networks, infrastructure and operations as it relates to compliance objectives.
• Report on findings and assist customers in remediation activities as required.

Security Advisors assist with sales and marketing activities:
• Participate in sales calls as an industry expert, and attend conferences as appropriate.
• Prepare and perform industry-related presentations and/or webcasts.
• Other sales/marketing support duties as requested.

Pay Range for this role is: $90,000 DOE

EDUCATION:
• Minimum acceptable education requirements: Bachelor’s degree, and/or 5 years’ experience in the information security industry (preferably at an institution of higher education).
• Minimum acceptable certification requirements: Possess industry-recognized audit and information security certification(s) including one or more of the following: Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (C

Location: Anywhere

Posted: Nov. 6, 2024, 10:04 p.m.

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