Cyber Security and Compliance Analyst

About the position

The Cyber Security and Compliance Analyst at Neogen plays a crucial role in ensuring the company's security practices align with evolving compliance standards. This position involves researching compliance frameworks, assessing IT processes, and communicating policies across departments. The analyst will collect and analyze data to monitor adherence to internal policies and drive remediation efforts, effectively bridging the gap between compliance policy and security operations.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Drive risks to remediation and track progress of remediation activities.
• Trend data for key performance indicators.
• Identify and assist in implementing improvements to existing policies, processes, and procedures.
• Support new policy creation, gap 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.

Requirements

• Associates' Degree in computer science, cybersecurity, or technology; OR at least 2 years of related experience; OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Detail-oriented with the capability of data analysis and contextual understanding.
• Knowledgeable with compliance frameworks and related audit procedures.
• Comfortable with automation, scripting, and leveraging APIs.
• Proficient with reporting and visualization tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, and PowerBI.
• Excellent attention to detail, organization, project management, documentation, communication, and teamwork skills.

Benefits

• Opportunities for professional development and growth.
• A mission-driven work environment that contributes to food safety and animal healthcare.