Information Security Specialist

Atria Group • Trenton, New Jersey, United States • 3w ago

Company Description

We specialize in Staffing, Consulting, Software Development, and Training along with IT services to small to medium size companies. AG's primary objective is to help companies maximize their IT resources and meet the ever-changing IT needs and challenges.

In addition, AG offers enterprise resource planning and enterprise application integration, supply-chain management, e-commerce solutions, and B2B public exchanges and B2B process integration solutions. Our company provides application analysis, design, development and programming, software engineering, systems development, testing, integration, and implementation, and management consulting services to various clients – including governmental agencies and private companies – throughout the United States and India.

We provide these services in multiple computing environments and use technologies such as client/server architecture, object-oriented programming languages and tools, distributed database management systems, state-of-the-art networking, and communications infrastructures. Our honest and realistic approach to recruiting dictates that AG does not entice or lure engineers from their employers. We represent only high caliber technical professionals who have committed to making a change required by career.

Job Description

The Information Security Specialist (ISS) is responsible for developing and documenting information

security policies and standards, in addition to planning, coordinating, and implementing security

measures for information systems.

Years of Relevant Experience: 5 plus years

Preferred Education 4 year college degree or equivalent technical study

Define, develop and implement information security & risk management policies, procedures & best practices to comply with industry standards
Develop plans to safeguard computer files against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure and to meet emergency data processing needs. Monitor use of data files and regulate access to safeguard information in computer files.
Document and maintain a repository with version control of all policies, procedures and best practices
Perform compliance reviews, risk management functions, test executions and encryptions for application and infrastructure service levels
Monitor use of data files and safeguard computer files against authorized access and unauthorized access
Modify computer security files to incorporate new software, correct errors or access changes
Perform risk assessments and execute tests of data processing system to ensure functioning of data processing activities and security measures.
Encrypt data transmissions and erect firewalls to conceal confidential information as it is being transmitted and to keep out tainted digital transfers.
Identify and track issues, risks and action items.
Document information security policies, standards, and procedures spanning and encompassing the range of topics such as organization security, asset ID and classification, personal security, communications and operations management, access control, system development and maintenance, business continuity management, and compliance.
Confer with users to discuss issues such as computer data access needs, security violations, and programming changes.
Train users and promote security awareness to ensure system security and to improve server and network efficiency.