Last reviewed: March 2017
Recommendations if you are developing a job announcement or description for your institution:
- Review the sample Information Security Intern job description (below).
- Review the National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework published by NIST, which includes sample job titles and key tasks.
- Review the 2016 IT Workforce in Higher Education research hub for the most recent EDUCAUSE research on the evolving IT workforce needed to support contemporary models of IT service delivery.
The following job description template is provided to help you get started on drafting a similar job description at your institution. It is intended to be illustrative and serve as a representative sample of the tasks that might be required for a particular role. It may not be inclusive of all job functions or knowledge, skills, and abilities that your institution requires in a particular role, or it may be overbroad for the position that you are designing. The template was designed so that you can add the example job functions, and knowledge, skills, and abilities statements into your own institutional job description template, and then augment the general items included in this template with your own specific institutional, role, and/or task needs.
Information Security Intern Job Description Template
Institution Name
Title (e.g., Information Security Intern)
Institution's Job or Reference #
Summary: The Information Security Intern is responsible for assisting the CISO with many components of the institution's information security program.
Reporting position: The Information Security Intern reports to the Chief Information Security Officer.
For more information: For complete details and to apply, please visit: <<Institution's URL>>
Duties and Responsibilities
Review and update documentation for policies, procedures, standards and guidelines.
Research and evaluate applications and services for use by the institution. Provide a matrix when possible, detailing features within each different application or service.
Assistance with the deployment and upkeep of the information security department’s website content.
Provide first level compliance monitoring and investigations.
Assist with forensics analysis and fact gathering.
Assist with vulnerability assessments and penetration testing for specific applications, services, networks and servers as required.
Assist with applications/tools including but not limited to SIEM, IPS, Netflow, e-mail gateway protection, and DLP tools.
Perform compliance audits against institutionally accepted security controls.
Record and track IT security incidents, including but not limited to copyright violations, compromised accounts, e-mail threats, and abuse reports from various sources.
Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Must be available xx hours each week.
Must be a full-time undergraduate/graduate student in good academic standing, with a minimum GPA of x.
Maintain good (digital) citizenship.
Must uphold, enforce, and abide by all institutional policies.
Strong writing skills.
Preference given to students with working knowledge of TCP/IP, Microsoft Word, Visio, Excel, and web design (HTML or WYSIWYG editor).
Preference given to students enrolled with a concentration in Information Technology or majoring in Computer Science.
PLEASE NOTE: In order to receive proper consideration, applications must be submitted directly via the Institution's career site. Applications submitted via any other source will not be considered.
The Institution is an EEO/AA: M/W/D/V (Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Male/Female/Disabled/Veteran) Employer.
Questions or comments? 
Contact us.
Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).