Position: Chief Information Security Officer Location: Cleveland, Ohio Compensation: $150,000 +, Bonus, Stock Options Relocation Package My client is a top ranked financial services company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. They are searching for a Chief Information Security Officer to lead an established Information Security organization. The key to a successful candidate is that he/she must be immediately credible with a successful track record of leading a large and distributed information security team. They must have the personality and presentation skills to be a security evangelist and heighten the overall security awareness of the company. They must have demonstrated visionary and strategic leadership specific to technical information security issues as well as an understanding of financial services industry business processes and regulations. As a professional executive recruiter with extensive experience at this level, I can honestly say that this is an exceptional opportunity. The position has total support from executive level management, including budget and head count. The executive management team is dynamic and forward thinking. It provides a unique opportunity to shape the direction of an information security function for a major financial services organization. Job Description This is a senior leadership position responsible for the entire Corporate Information Security division and ultimately the effectiveness and completeness of the organizations security program. Strong leadership, communication and people management skills are a must for this position. The Chief Security Officer will have responsibility for ensuring that the technology and data resources of the organization are secure. This will involve working closely with corporate technology development and technology infrastructure groups as well as senior management. The Chief Security Officer is also responsible for ensuring that robust monitoring and measurements are in place while providing leadership, guidance, direction and authority for technology security across all corporate technology departments. The security program will need to ensure the security, integrity, privacy and availability of information and the systems that handle it. The Chief Security Officer oversees the day-to-day and strategic aspects of the organizations security program. Security policies, standards, procedures, on-going oversight and setting security requirements for new project initiatives are a few of the day-to-day components of the security program. The Chief Security Officer is responsible for ensuring that workflow within the division runs smoothly so that new technology projects are appropriately monitored for security risks and appropriate risk mitigation requirements are efficiently set forth and appropriately designed and delivered with the newly developed production system. The security standards and architecture will need to be regularly reviewed and updated to prevent unauthorized access of the company’s technology systems. Should a breech occur, the Chief Security Officer is responsible for ensuring the timely detection, containment and incident response necessary to mitigate the exposure caused by the breach. Ultimately, the Chief Security Officer’s job is to implement a sound security program that prevents security breaches. A successful candidate will have strong management capabilities to lead an extensive security staff. He/She will provide technical direction to security architects and project consultants to ensure appropriate security requirements are set forth on new development efforts. The successful candidate will possess a strong technical background in information technology security and have prior financial services experience. Required Skills · Graduation from a four-year university with a degree or major coursework in computer science, telecommunications, networking, engineering or other computer-related field of study. · 10 years experience working in an information security, information technology, or risk management related field. · Currently acting as a leading security officer for a financial services company, or other high transaction processing global organization. · Proven managerial skills including: effective oral and written communication, staffing and resource utilization, performance management, issue resolution, motivating others, forecasting and planning. · Ability to manage issues to closure across departmental boundaries. · Possession of industry certifications highly preferred. Contact: Joyce Brocaglia, CEO Alta Associates, Inc. Phone: 908-806-8442 e-mail: joyceat_private
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