by Steve Earle | Mar 16, 2015 | Alex Funkhouser, Marketing, Newsletters
Florida gained 12,500 tech industry jobs in 2014, ranking it the third-best among the 50 states, trailing only California (+32,900) and Texas (+20,100).
According to the Cyberstates 2015: The Definitive State-by-State Analysis of the U.S. Tech Industry report published by CompTIA, tech industry jobs accounted for 5.7 percent of the entire private-sector workforce.
Growth was led by the IT services sector, which added 63,300 jobs between 2013 and 2014, and the R&D, testing and engineering services sector that added 50,700 jobs.
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by Steve Earle | Mar 16, 2015 | Job Opportunities, Marketing, Newsletters
Our Miami based client is seeking an IT Governance Risk and Compliance Analyst. You will be managing the security risk assessments for capital projects and service providers.
Responsibilities:
- You will be involved in identifying the risks presented by technological and process changes. This may include the review of architecture design, supporting processes/ procedures, etc. to ensure the proper controls are in place and risks are appropriately mitigated.
- Gathers relevant business, regulatory, process, and system information; validate/update process flows, risks, and controls; prepares accurate, complete, clear, and timely analysis and documentation that reflects an ability to identify risks and independently assess the adequacy and effectiveness of IT internal controls and their compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Maintain risk register and support continuous improvement of IT risk management processes.
- IT Risk Consulting: Works with management and associates to assess risks associated with technology solutions and ensures appropriate remediation strategies are employed. Consults with managers and associates to identify and assess current and emerging risks and strategic initiatives.
- IT Regulatory Examinations and Internal Audits: Supports IT Audits to ensure their success. Provide assistance to IT managers and associates in writing the effective controls and action plans for any deficiencies.
- IT Risk Metrics and Reporting: Leads the development of risk metric and reporting frameworks for Information Security. Delivers these metrics and reports on weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.
- Enterprise Risk Management: Manage the process for gathering enterprise risks (strategic/operational, financial and regulatory). Lead the initiative to analyze residual risk and benchmark against other risks across the Company. Compile feedback into a presentation for the ERM Committee, made up of key members of Executive Management.
by Steve Earle | Mar 16, 2015 | Marketing, Newsletters
Join us as we look at all aspects of cloud computing, not just storage. Please have expertise on, Platform, Infrastructure, Software-as-as-Service, public/private/hybrid clouds, various new cloud providers and services. Issues of security should include privacy and trust as well.
The conference will have three tracks focusing on Cloud Computing Security:
• Management track – This track will focus on what is important for managers: policy, cost, budget, strategic solutions, hiring, retention, security programs, risk management, interacting with senior management, etc.
• Technical – This track will focus on everything technical from attack to defense and everything in between.
• Legal & Compliance – This track will address specific issues related to compliance and regulations such as PCI, HIPAA, IT governance, audit, etc.
