Information Security Manager

Company: Ameritas
Location: Lincoln
Posted on: July 22, 2021

Job Description:

Act as a security relationship manager to selected Ameritas business units, working directly with key business leaders to facilitate security risk analysis and security risk management processes, identify acceptable levels of risk, and establish appropriate level of security controls.

At Ameritas, our mission is Fulfilling Life. We do that in many ways, but especially by helping people invest in themselves by offering trusted financial products and advice. Because we believe everyone should be happy, healthy, and financially secure, we work hard to provide trusted financial products and valued guidance, including individual life and disability insurance, employee benefits, retirement planning, investments, and wealth management services.

Jobs in this sub-family are responsible for developing, communicating, implementing, enforcing, and monitoring security controls to protect the organization's technology assets from intentional or inadvertent modification, disclosure, or destruction.

What you do

* Lead security risk assessments at the enterprise, organizational and technology levels * Provide security advice and consultation on both IT and Business projects * Assist in building and maintaining the security risk framework (risk register) across the organization, business units, and IT area. * Conduct research on industry topics, business trends, issues, and regulations, and provide recommendations as needed * Support project management activities across the Enterprise Security team * Assist in other security risk management activities as needed including:

* Development and maintenance of policies and standards, maintenance of policy exceptions * Security training and awareness activities * Security risk reporting, including development of security KRIs/KPIs/Metrics, Dashboards, and Reporting * Security risk operations, including proactive monitoring of security ticketing systems

What you bring

* 7+ years of experience in a related field required, including a demonstrated understanding of risk management, and the processes involved with risk assessment * Proven experience in areas of regulatory compliance including HIPAA, PCI, PII, or similar required * Familiarity with the NIST, CIS and SOC2 frameworks required * Bachelor’s degree in a related field of study, or equivalent combination of education and experience required * Insurance or financial services industry knowledge and experience desired * CISSP-Certified Information Systems Security Professional designation required or must be obtained after entering position

What we offer

* Our company motto is “Fulfilling Life” and we take that job seriously, with a heavy commitment to volunteering and community support, employee well-being, and providing quality products and services that help our customers create a brighter future. * Being a mutual-based organization, the return on our investment goes back into the company, to benefit our members/customers. * We’re committed to professional development, opportunity, inclusion, and diversity. Team building and collaboration are also priorities. * A total rewards package with all the comprehensive health and welfare benefits you’d expect, including competitive pay and incentives, 401(k), flexible work schedules and time off to care for yourself and others. * Additional popular benefits, including tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment, an incentivized well-being program, adoption assistance, paid time off for volunteering, training, and career development opportunities.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Ameritas has a reputation as a company that cares, and because everyone should feel safe bringing their authentic, whole self to work, we’re committed to an inclusive culture and diverse workplace, enriched by our individual differences. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that hires based on qualifications, positive attitude and exemplary work ethic, regardless of sex, race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled

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