Security Officer - Information Technology Security Officer - MS - MSDH

This individual, designated as the IT Security Officer (ITSO), also is required by the state

Department of Information Technology Services (ITS) under Rule 1.6 of the ITS Enterprise Security Policy. Under this

rule, the ITSO is responsible for :

• Developing and maintaining agency-specific security plans, policies, and procedures.
• Interacting with ITS as the primary contact for security related issues.
• Ensuring MSDH is adhering to the State of Mississippi Enterprise Security Policy.
• Participating in the state information security threat intelligence feeds.
• Researching IT industry for security related issues and how it affects MSDH specifically.
• Monitoring security applications, activity logs, resources and issues within the agency utilizing approved

security software and hardware.

Minimum of 5 years' experience cybersecurity, including 2+ years in leadership

(CISSP)

EDR / XDR, Microsoft Defender 365, Supply Chain Monitoring, and SIEM / SOAR

Preferred :

Governmental data modernization or project management experience

AI / ML development expierience in cybersecurity inititives (next-generation firewalls, threat hunting, cyber risk, etc).