Information Technology and Network Security

Manage organisation’s network and data security, ensuring an ongoing rigorous review of the organisation’s digital, cyber and application security and IT network infrastructures, to ensure multiple layers of defences to protect proprietary data from attack and the organisation’s reputation

Type

Functional

Competency Area

Technology Management

Levels

Analyse IT security systems to ensure normality in network behaviours

Analyse network systems to identify threats, abnormalities in system behaviours and determine security risks in alignment to organisation’s security risk processes and guidelines

Implement codes to protect against network security threats

Analyse systems for threats considering both internal and external business security circumstances

Maintain network operational processes and procedures to ensure adequate risk safeguards and contingency plans are in place

Implement network security parameters required to support business requirements

Analyse for abnormalities in network behaviours

Develop network security parameters to ensure network infrastructure stability and stability in network behaviours

Review network systems to pre-empt threats, abnormalities in system behaviours and define security risks factors and parameters in alignment to organisation’s security risk processes and guidelines

Develop codes to ensure that defences and triggers such as secure failover are in place against attacks

Drive organisation’s information technology and network security systems

Lead in reviewing current operational processes to ensure network risks and security safeguards are in place

Drive risk and security breech recovery plans to ensure multiple defence layers are in place according to the organisation’s network security parameters

Formulate network security parameters to ensure network infrastructure and security stability

Ensure that security defence layers are constantly up to date

Transform organisation’s network security protocols, policies and procedures with the latest risk and security parameters

Influence key stakeholders to adopt leading and cutting edge network security platforms to allow the organisation to embark on technology projects and to remain secure from internal and external security threats

Transform organisation’s network security processes and parameters that would enable it to succeed in its technology pursuits