Vanderbilt’s Cyber team focuses on threat management, vulnerability management, security monitoring and responds to and contains potential cybersecurity incidents by performing forensics and investigations in coordination with other Vanderbilt functions to limit damage and minimize recovery time and costs. As a Vanderbilt University Information Technology Fellow, you will receive training in supporting a diverse range of information security tasks that may include; administration of cybersecurity tools, responding to cybersecurity incidents, supporting risk and compliance efforts, and developing information security policies, standards and procedures.
As a SkillBridge Fellow, your role in Information Technology will be focused on supporting the following activities:
- Monitoring and reporting on compliance with institutional and functional security policies, as well as the enforcement of those policies across university IT departments
- Implementing changes to policies, standards and procedures
- Maintaining and/or operating security tools and applications
- Initial identification of unresolved network security exposures, misuse of resources or non-compliance situations using defined escalation processes
- Mitigating identified vulnerabilities with the help of experienced security analysts (e.g., installing security patches or removing unnecessary services, applications, and unauthorized user accounts)
- Collecting metrics related to information security operations, risk and compliance, and University security policies (e.g., vulnerability or patching status)
- Building and executing incident response Table Top Exercises (TTX) to prepare for cyber incidents; and
- Monitoring for changes in the digital business and threat landscape to ensure updates are adequately addressed in daily operations and information security strategy plans
Qualification Required
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related fields from an accredited 4-year college or university desired; other bachelor’s degrees combined with cybersecurity experience may be acceptable
- One to two years of information security experience preferred; and willingness to pursue professional information security certifications
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