Security Analyst at Kogi State University

Location: Anyigba, Kogi

Responsibilities

• Leading efforts to counter security breaches and anticipating and reducing the likelihood of future security alerts, incidents, and disasters.
• Defining, planning, implementing, maintaining, and upgrading security measures, policies, and controls.
• Writing reports and providing insights on the efficacy of the current security policies, incident responses, disaster recovery plans, and other security-related information.
• Assisting with the creation of updates and training programs to secure the network and train the employees. Keeping the security systems up to date.
• Monitoring security access and maintaining the relevant data.
• Conducting vulnerability testing and risk analyses to assess security and performing internal and external security audits
• Analyzing security breaches to identify the cause and to update incidence responses and disaster recovery plans.
• Verifying and coordinating security plans with outside vendors.
• Creating procedures for IT employees and training them in security awareness.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Management Information System with 6 years experience, three (3) of which should be in a tertiary or related institution, and be registered with the relevant professional bodies.
• Possession of professional globally acceptable certifications, will be an advantage. The Security Analysts responsibilities include: securing online and on-premises infrastructures, filtering out suspicious activity, and finding and mitigating security risks before any breaches can occur. Working inter-departmentally to identify and correct any flaws in our security systems.