This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs in the Office of Information and Technology (OIT), Office of Information Security. The Deputy Chief Information Security Officer and Executive Director, Information Security, Policy Operations is the principal advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Security (DAS), and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Providing subject matter expertise to executive leadership on a broad range of security standards and best practices (e.g. FISMA, Dodd-Frank, HIPAA, Privacy Act);
- Working with VA Business Units and OIT Elements stakeholders to determine acceptable levels of risk and ensuring cybersecurity efforts follows applicable laws, regulations, policies, and audit findings are properly addressed;
- Developing and implementing enterprise-wide cybersecurity and privacy strategies that balance cybersecurity requirements with mission and business objectives;
- Instruct, lead, and mentor assigned security teams consisting of direct reports and indirect reports (such as individuals in other areas of IT) including providing security guidance, hiring, training, staff development, and performance management;
- Work with OIS Leadership to develop the consolidated OIS budget proposal; …
