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Information Assurance: Michigan Medicine
The Information Assurance: Michigan Medicine (IA:MM) team was established to protect systems, data, and identities that Michigan Medicine relies upon. The team educates and prepares staff and students for increasing cyber threats, and proactively mitigates IT security risks in partnership with the greater U-M community. The IA:MM team enables teaching, learning, research, and healthcare in a large, open environment by helping to balance risks and threats. IA:MM collaborates and coordinates with university efforts and participates in the development of university-wide security, compliance, and privacy strategies and strives to implement best practice cybersecurity efforts.
The University of Michigan's Information Assurance team at Michigan Medicine (IA:MM) is seeking a candidate to fulfill the role of Vulnerability Analyst Associate. This role will support in developing and enhancing our organization’s information security risk management, planning, and developing strategies. This role will also help with the logistics for information security risk remediation throughout the Academic Medical Center and across the three missions of research, education and patient care. The Vulnerability Analyst will need to be adaptable to help drive strategic and operational direction by ensuring the development and support of complex assessment systems, reporting and processes.
The Vulnerability Analyst Associate must be adaptable, highly motivated, results-oriented, creative, and data driven professional.
- Prepare security assessments for new and existing information systems, applications, and information technology services of Michigan Medicine Service Providers for compliance with U-M and Michigan Medicine policy and procedure, as well as relevant legal and regulatory requirements.
- Use tools and methodology to assess the information security risks associated with sensitive and mission critical systems based on the NIST 800-53 security control framework.
- Assist with developing mitigation strategies to bring risk levels into an acceptable range and assist and support the Michigan Medicine Service Providers with those remediation activities.
- Identify information security risk areas where further awareness and training is needed.
- Compare, evaluate, and recommend improvements in policies, procedures, and technical safeguards to address significant risks to the security of Michigan Medicine information systems and data.
- Assess the impact of reported vulnerabilities and assist with the implementation of mitigation strategies based on severity.
- Identify sensitive data and provide input for proper storage and protection.
- Make recommendations and participate in the development of information assurance policies and procedures.
- Participate in the development of education and awareness efforts and the timely dissemination of security information to staff and end users.
- Assist with the process improvements, problem management, and risk management functions within the Michigan Medicine information assurance team.
- Build good relationships with teams, and stakeholders at all levels (e.g. management, colleagues, and employees) using strong competencies to build trust, change perceptions, effectively communicate, influence, and adapt.
- Collaborate with teams, stakeholders and business partners to understand and implement improvement opportunities.
- Inspire and influence teams including staff and Health Information Technology & Services business partners to deliver risk management solutions and offerings effectively to the Academic Medical Center’s community.
- Continually improve security service solutions and offerings by keeping up-to-date on security conferences, seminars, reading, research, and testing.
- Guiding the development of information security standards, guidelines, and policy.
- Develop sound relationship with internal and external customers by providing accurate and effective support.
- Associate degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Assurance or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 2 years’ information technology experience.
- Understanding of fundamental Operating System and TCP/IP Networking concepts.
- Understanding of fundamental information security concepts including: Authentication, Authorization, Audit, Encryption, Firewalls.
- Demonstrated understanding of/and exposure of fundamental security related practices such as: Risk Management, Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, Penetration Testing, IDS/IPS, System and Application Hardening, Identity and Access Management, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Firewall management, IDS/IPS
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