Director of Information Security - Wistia

Director of Information Security Job Opening

Job Description:

• Educate employees at all levels with helpful and relevant security and data privacy trainings;
• Vet vendors, subprocessors and any other third parties who may handle sensitive data;
• Design clear, practical processes for handling breaches, data loss, and natural disasters;
• Proactively monitor for and respond to urgent issues and Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) that would otherwise create risks;
• Design, codify, and implement a company security policy;
• Understand and address customers’ security concerns;
• Evaluate whether and when System and Organizational Controls SOC2 compliance is required;
• Manage devices in a way that provides privacy for employees and corporate security; and
• Determine types of background checks that are most appropriate, relevant, and helpful;

• Perform role using skills in Information Risk Management; Information Security Governance; Security Design and Strategy; Security Training and Awareness; Merger and Acquisition (M&A) Security; Incident Response; Compliance Oversight, Policy Development & Enforcement; Cloud Security (AWS & GCP); Vulnerability Management; Security Incident & Event Management (SIEM); Identity & Access Management (IAM); Endpoint Security (EDR/IDS/IPS/NGAV); Network and Security, including TCP/IP, LAN, VLAN, VPN, IDS/IPS, Nextgen Firewalls, Metasploit, Burp Suite, Nmap, Alertlogic, Proofpoint TAP; Compliance Frameworks, including SOC Type 1,2 and 3, TISAX, PCI, GDPR, CCPA, GLBA, HITRUST-9.4,9.3,9.2); nforma@on Security Framework, including ISO, NIST, SIG, CIS; and Cloud Services, including Google cloud services, Amazon EC2

Requirements: 

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information security, or a related field, or foreign equivalent, and two years of experience in the job offered or in SOC 2 (System and Organizational Controls) compliance.

In lieu of a bachelor’s degree plus two years of experience, employer will accept a total of four years of experience in the above.  

Salary:  $195,000/year - $125/000 year (As of 01/13/2023 – update if necessary)

Hours:  50/week, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Weekends as needed.

Travel: Possible visits to the Wistia office one to three times per year.  

WILL SUPERVISE 1-2 software engineers or data privacy specialists.

Location:  Remotely from home nationwide

Apply by resumes marked to:

Emily Calkins, HR Business Partner

Wistia, Inc.

120 Brookline St.

Cambridge, MA 02139

emarr@wistia.com

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