Administrator, Global Security Systems

The major job responsibility of the candidate will be to manage the global information security and to protect AKU’s enterprise infrastructure, information and business continuity globally through strong and effective security practices. The incumbent will be directly responsible for the information security posture of AKU, and the global implementation and execution of the information security strategy and plan. The incumbent would also need to ensure that adequate and effective security processes and controls are followed and aligned to deliver compliance with security policy and regulatory requirements of each region.

Responsibilities

• Managing the information security awareness program AKU-wide.
• Prepare, assess and enforce information security policies, standards, guidelines and procedures to ensure ongoing maintenance of security for all campuses.
• Review of audit logs, risk assessments, vulnerability assessments, gap analysis etc. to identify security vulnerabilities and weaknesses AKU-wide.
• Recommendation and evaluation of new information security technologies and practices along with improvements in the existent architecture and infrastructure as per the globally approved laws and standards.
• Managing and driving remediation efforts coming from areas including but not limited to from internal and external audits.
• Responsible for information security incident management AKU-wide including ensuring information security events, weaknesses, threats and incidents associated with information systems and networks are communicated for timely response along with giving recommendations.
• Responsible for adherance to Information Regulatory Compliance (Globally) and compliance with information security policies and standards.
• Evaluate and recommend new global information security technologies.
• Evaluate and recommend counter measures against threats to information or privacy globally.
• To work with other departments and vendors to supervise AKU-wide information security requirements are incorporated into the rollout of new systems.

Requirements

• Masters’ degree in Computing with majors in Information Security Management or Bachelors in Computing with specialized certifications in Information Security is a minimum requirement.
• Minimum one year of relevant work experience (information security management related).
• Knowledge of IT frameworks including ISO 27001, COBIT, ITIL.