Skills in demand

A need for risk managers with specific skills in business continuity planning and disaster recovery.
A need for risk managers with specific skills in business continuity planning and disaster recovery.

Organizations are building their technical assurance teams. Pros on these teams provide security architectural designs for networks, systems and applications of IT projects. They may also be responsible for researching and developing security solutions.

What it takes
These roles require someone who has strong experience working with business unit architects and can understand development details, yet have the ability to communicate security-related concepts to a broad range of technology and business executives.

Compensation
Salary ranges from $140k to $180k.
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