Cyber Security and Compliance Analyst

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Day in the Life:

In a typical day as a Cyber Security and Compliance Analyst, I dive into researching and assessing compliance frameworks and technical best practices.  I leverage these guidelines to help ensure Neogen's security practices and infrastructure stay aligned with evolving standards. I evaluate IT processes, updating and communicating compliance policies within IT and other departments. Utilizing my attention to detail, I collect and analyze data from multiple sources to answer questions about adherence to internal policies, standards and controls.  I maintain communication with stakeholders and technical owners, pushing forward needed remediation efforts. I am able to tell the "story from the data" to effectively communicate to non-technical colleagues.  I track a schedule of periodic reviews and execute the repeatable procedures they require. I use all of these skills to move forward new initiatives in Cybersecurity.  My role bridges the gap between compliance policy and security operations, contributing to a seamless compliance framework that enhances Neogen's integrity and effectiveness.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Proactively collect, normalize, analyze, and report on datasets supporting policy compliance and key performance indicators for security
• Develop automations and efficiencies, and document repeatable methods for:
  • Data collection, analysis and reporting
  • Driving risks to remediation
  • Tracking progress of remediation activities
  • Trending data for key performance indicators
• Identify and assist in implementing improvements to existing policies, processes and procedures
• Support new policy creation, gaps assessments and driving remediations
• Drive compliance efforts for baseline configuration standards, SaaS security and cloud infrastructure
• Assist with regular vulnerability reporting, risk analysis, and security awareness activities
• Support data classification and data security initiatives
• Stay up to date on industry trends, including changes in compliance frameworks, methods, technologies and regulations
• Collaborate on new ways to solve existing cyber security and compliance challenges
• Commonly lead process and procedure design and whiteboarding sessions
• Perform other duties as agreed upon with supervisor
• Travel is estimated 5-15%

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

• Associates' Degree in computer science, cybersecurity, or technology; OR at least 2 year(s) related experience; OR equivalent combination of education and experience. 
• Detailed-oriented, capable of data analysis with contextual understanding.
• Knowledgeable with compliance frameworks, and related audit procedures.
• Comfortable with automation, scripting and leveraging APIs.
• Comfortable with reporting and visualization tools, including Excel, Powerpoint, PowerBI
• Excellent attention to detail, organization, project management, documentation, communication and teamwork to effectively collaborate with others in and outside of IT.

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