Recommendations if you are developing a job announcement or description for your institution: - Review the sample CISO job description (below). Previous job postings from Princeton University and University of Albany are also available (in PDF format).
- Review the National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework published by NIST, which includes Sample Job Titles (pages 5-10).
- Review the 2014 Higher Ed IT Workforce reportReport (see Figure 13 for the top 10 positions/skills in short supply and Table 3 for the most common types of reorganization and staffing changes in IT), as well as the 2012 IT Salaries Research Bulletin (see Figure 3 for IT salary ranges and medians). Additional materials are available in the ECAR Research Hub for Today's Higher Education IT Workforce.
- Consider alternative solutions, such as Bucknell University, Franklin & Marshall College, and Susquehanna University collaborating to create a joint CISO position among the three institutions. A non-higher ed example is Howard County, Maryland's HOCO CISO program, which provides "virtual" CISOs.
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