Assistant Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer

About This Role

Reporting to the Associate Vice President and CIO, the CISO will provide the necessary vision and leadership to develop and implement a strategic technological security operations unit and associated plan for strengthening K-State's IT infrastructure and systems. As part of the CIO's leadership team, the CISO will work closely with other senior leaders and oversee the implementation and expansion of technologies across campus, establish and maintain IT and security best practices, and effectively communicate risk and necessary risk-prevention measures to all members of the community.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree plus ten years of relevant experience.
• A bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a Related Field is Preferred.
• Extensive experience in developing and managing comprehensive information security programs, including but not limited to cybersecurity strategies, risk management, data protection, and compliance frameworks.
• Strong leadership and team development skills, with a proven ability to build, manage, and mentor multidisciplinary cybersecurity teams.
• Deep understanding of information security technologies, trends, best practices, and regulatory requirements, with experience in designing and implementing detection and response security controls and measures.

Qualifications

• Robust skills in budget planning, financial oversight, and resource management tailored to information security operations.
• Experience leading day-to-day detection and response technologies to improve the University's cyber posture.
• Experience leading system improvements related to research that will reduce redundancies, provide efficiencies, promote collaboration, improve response timeliness, and enhance the integrity of the data.
• Experience working with third-party security vendors and threat-detection platforms to maximize the benefits of these purchases.
• Experience in developing a maturing security operations group and working in collaboration with the Academic IT Directors within each college, the VP of Research, the Office of Information Technology leadership team, and research faculty across the institution.
• Experience collaborating with necessary vendor partners to safeguard K-State data and resources and ensure compliance with the changing laws and applicable government policies regulating K-State's security and data protection.

Skills

The CISO will possess robust skills in budget planning, financial oversight, and resource management tailored to information security operations. They will lead day-to-day detection and response technologies to improve the University's cyber posture. They will lead system improvements related to research that will reduce redundancies, provide efficiencies, promote collaboration, improve response timeliness, and enhance the integrity of the data. They will work with third-party security vendors and threat-detection platforms to maximize the benefits of these purchases. They will develop a maturing security operations group and work in collaboration with the Academic IT Directors within each college, the VP of Research, the Office of Information Technology leadership team, and research faculty across the institution. They will collaborate with necessary vendor partners to safeguard K-State data and resources and ensure compliance with the changing laws and applicable government policies regulating K-State's security and data protection.

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Contact Information

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