Cyber Security Governance Consultant - Remote

$52,000 - $74,880/Yr

Kforce - Fort Myers, FL

Full-time

Remote - Fort Myers, FL

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Cyber Security Governance Consultant is responsible for overseeing and ensuring the alignment of an organization's cybersecurity strategies with its overall business goals and risk management practices. This role focuses on the development, implementation, and monitoring of governance frameworks that ensure the security of information systems and compliance with relevant laws and standards.

Responsibilities

• Establishing cybersecurity policies, guidelines, and standards that outline best practices for data protection, incident response, and system access control; ensuring adherence to security protocols by employees and systems.
• Identifying potential cybersecurity risks and ensuring that appropriate measures are in place to manage these risks; conducting risk assessments, establishing risk thresholds, and prioritizing risk mitigation strategies.
• Ensuring the organization adheres to cybersecurity regulations, legal requirements, and industry standards like GDPR, HIPAA, or NIST; ensuring all security practices meet audit and regulatory requirements.
• Designing and maintaining a governance framework that aligns with the organization's strategic goals and business priorities; setting up clear roles, responsibilities, and decision-making authority for cybersecurity management.
• Ensuring established protocols for handling cybersecurity incidents, from detection to recovery; ensuring incident response plans are tested and updated regularly.
• Collaborating with executives, legal teams, and IT departments to ensure cybersecurity practices are integrated across the organization; presenting cybersecurity risks and solutions to leadership, explaining potential business impacts.
• Developing and leading programs that train employees and management on cybersecurity risks and responsibilities, fostering a culture of security awareness.

Requirements

• HIPAA/OCR compliance experience required.
• Understanding of HIPAA/Privacy rules.
• Familiarity with Florida/OCR Healthcare regulations.
• Experience offloading work from VPs on a team working with multiple teams.
• Experience with access management, incident response, and vulnerability tickets.
• Experience working with multiple teams, not just one dedicated resource.
• Experience providing white glove service to end users (reliable with follow-ups).
• Healthcare Cyber Security experience with HIPAA and OCR compliance (even at a low level).
• Resourceful, self-starter, and dependable.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401(k)
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment (ADD) insurance
• Paid time off for salaried personnel
• Paid sick leave for hourly employees on Service Contract Act projects