Information System Security Officer - Washington, United States - Mavinsys LLC

Mavinsys LLC

Verified Company

Washington, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Position Description:

Roles and Responsibilities:

Services to support IS Security performed by the Senior Cloud Information System Security Officer (ISSO), at a minimum, shall consist of the following activities:
Ensure the day-to-day implementation, oversight, continuous monitoring, and maintenance of the security configuration, practices, and procedures for each IS
Provide liaison support between the system owner and other IS security personnel
Ensure that selected security controls are implemented and operating as intended during all phases of the IS lifecycle
Ensure that system security documentation is developed, maintained, reviewed, and updated continuously
Conduct required IS vulnerability scans according to risk assessment parameters.
Develop Plan of Action and Milestones (POAMs) in response to reported security vulnerabilities
Manage the risks to ISs and other agency assets by coordinating appropriate correction or mitigation actions and oversee and track the timely completion of (POAMs)
Coordinate system owner concurrence for correction or mitigation actions
Monitor security controls for agency ISs to maintain security Authorized To Operate (ATO)
Ensure that changes to an agency IS, its environment, and operational needs that may affect the authorization status are reported to the system owner and IS Security Manager (ISSM)
Ensure the removal and retirement of ISs being decommissioned in coordination with the system owner, ISSM, and ISSR
Provide baseline security controls to the system owner, contingent upon the IS's security categorization, type of information processed, and entity type
Provide a recommendation to the Authorizing Official, in consultation with the system owner, regarding systems' impact levels and ISs' authorization boundary
Initiate, coordinate, and recommend to the agency Authorizing Official all Interconnection Security Agreements (ISAs), Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs), and Memorandum of Agreement (MOAs) that permit the interconnection of an agency IS with any nonagency or jointuse IS
Perform an independent review of the System Security Plan (SSP) and make approval decisions
Request and negotiate the level of testing required for an IS with the Enterprise Information Security Section and the agency Authorizing Official
Schedule security control assessments in coordination with the system owner.
Coordinate IS security inspections, tests, and reviews with the Security and system owner. Submit the final SAA package to the agency Authorizing Official for a security ATO decision
Ensure that the Security ATO Electronic Communication (EC) is serialized into Sentinel under the applicable case file number
Advise the agency's authorized official on IS vulnerabilities and residual risks.
Ensure that all POA&M actions are completed and tested
Coordinate initiation of an eventdriven reauthorization with the agency Authorizing Official
Ensure the removal and retirement of agency ISs being decommissioned in coordination with the SO, ISSM, ISSE, and ISSR