Cyber Security Risk Analyst

Cyber Security Risk Analyst

College Board - Risk Management

Location This is a fully remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office).

  Type: This is a full-time position

About the Team 

The Information Security Governance Risk and Compliance (ISGRC) team at the College Board checks and certifies the College Board’s Information Security Programs. Our mission is to provide our stakeholders with meaningful insights that continuously improve the risk posture across the organization.

ISGRC partners work with business leads to perform necessary security reviews of policies, systems, contracts, and vendors to better understand and manage risk. The team also manages security policies, security awareness training, and industry-recognized certifications (ISO 27001, SOC2 and PCI-DSS). 

About the Opportunity  

As a Security Risk Analyst, you will have the critical role of being responsible for evaluating and managing exceptions to IT security policies, for managing the Organization’s Risk and Control Issues Register (Risk Register), and for developing reports and metrics.

Your strong technical communication and negotiation skills will help you build relationships and collaborate with diverse stakeholders and reduce risk to the organization and ensure compliance.

Under the direction of management, you will manage the Risk Register and perform security policy exceptions to help the College Board understand its critical risks.

In this role you will:

Manage the Risk Register (20%)

• Leads the management of the issues and risks and quickly escalates any untimely completion of audit actions.

• Works independently to communicate risks and works with others to problem-solve risks to tolerance levels based on data and evidence.

• Maintains data quality of Risk Register and executes any required data clean-up exercises.

• Understands College Board work to be able to drive Risk or Control Owners to ensure consistent application of policies and standards.

• Raises awareness about Risk & Control Issues, Policy exceptions, and available risk reduction options.

• Fosters a culture of risk awareness and compliance within the technology department and across the organization.

Manage Policy Exceptions (65%)

• Independently analyzes policy exception submissions and provide risk assessment reports for critical service lines, applications, and infrastructure hosted on-prem and in the cloud.

• Evaluates and manage exceptions to IT security policies.

• Manages materials for the Exception Review Board and present exception information to executive leadership and senior team members.

• Maintains an up-to-date knowledge and understanding of IT security policies and principles.

• Maintains a customer-focused attitude in all interactions with customers and colleagues.

Manage Metrics and Reporting (15%)

• Provides weekly and monthly reporting for the Risk Register and policy exceptions.

• Produces trending metrics and escalate exceptions.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

About You 

• 5-7 years of experience managing or supporting IT Security Risk and Control Risk Register and processing policy exceptions.

• Strong understanding of risk management techniques such as: risk identification, risk scoring, risk mitigation, and risk tracking.

• The proven ability to lead conversations balancing risk and multiple business needs that result in positive outcomes with multiple stakeholders.

• The capacity to assess risk information and make risk recommendations independently.

• Strong organization and prioritization skills and the proven ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, both independently and as a member of the team.

• 7-10 years of experience in information security; governance, risk, and compliance; and/or information technology projects.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Experience with governance, risk, and compliance tools (e.g., RSAM, RSA Archer) preferred.

• Experience with information security and privacy frameworks such as ISO 27001, COBIT, NIST-CSF, NIST 800-53, GDPR etc.

• Current Information Security Certification (e.g., CISSP, CRISC, CISM, CISA, or related security certification) preferred or the ability to attain one within 6 months of hire.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, IT management or four years equivalent IT and security industry experience.

• For remote positions, ability to travel 4 times a year to our Reston, VA office.

• Authorization to work for any employer in the USA

About Our Process 

• Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled

• While the hiring process may vary, it generally includes: resume and application submission, recruiter phone screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise and/or panel interview, and reference checks. This is an approximately 8-week process

About Our Benefits and Compensation

College Board offers a competitive benefits and compensation program that attracts top talent looking to make a difference in education. As a self-sustaining non-profit, we believe in compensating employees equitably in relation to each other, their qualifications, their impact, and the relevant market.

The hiring range for a new employee in this position is $72000 to $120000. College Board differentiates salaries by location so where you live will narrow the portion of this range in which you can expect a salary.

Your salary will be carefully determined based on your location, relevant experience, the external labor market, and the pay of College Board employees in similar roles. College Board strives to provide our best offer up front based on this criteria.

Your salary is only one part of all that College Board offers, including but not limited to:

A comprehensive package designed to support the well-being of employees and their families and promote education. Our robust benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, fertility benefits, pet insurance, tuition assistance, retirement benefits, and more

Recognition of exceptional performance through annual bonuses, salary growth over time through market increases, and opportunities for merit raises and promotions based on increased scope of responsibility

A job that matters, a team that cares, and a place to learn, innovate and thrive

You can expect to have transparent conversations about benefits and compensation with our recruiters throughout your application process.