Purpose and Goal: implement measures to protect the Foundation’s sensitive and mission-critical data, staying one step ahead of cyber attackers with innovative solutions to prevent critical information from being stolen, damaged or compromised by hackers.

The Finance Committee reviews all financial statements and reports on financial activity to the full board. To help the board fulfill its oversight function, it is important for the Board Treasurer and the Finance Committee to present the information in as clear and concise a manner as possible.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Risk assessment - identifying problems the Foundation might face
• Vulnerability assessment - determining the Foundations’ weaknesses
• Defense planning - installing protections, such as firewalls and data encryption program
• Create plans to prevent any malicious or inadvertent use of data, create plans for emergency use, train users on security measures, and monitor access to data
• Ensure that systems are working as designed by making changes, applying patches and setting up new admin users
• Develop, implement, and ensure compliance of policies to protect the Foundation’s data from being inappropriately accessed or used

Qualifications:

• Logical, efficient, orderly, and highly organized
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• Experience in information security or related field.
• Experience with computer network penetration testing and techniques.
• Understanding of firewalls, proxies, SIEM, antivirus, and IDPS concepts.
• Ability to identify and mitigate network vulnerabilities and explain how to avoid them.
• Understanding of patch management with the ability to deploy patches in a timely manner while understanding business impact.
• Excellent communication skills
• Commitment to take on occasional security-related special projects