The Role Includes:
Leading the development and implementation of the organization's Information Security and Cybersecurity strategy to protect its information assets.
Identifying, analyzing, and managing cyber and privacy risks affecting employees and organizational systems.
Overseeing the implementation of the company’s Information Security and Cybersecurity policies to prevent security incidents and enable rapid detection of exposures and vulnerabilities.
Defining security procedures and guidelines across all organizational units, including ongoing control mechanisms.
Managing and responding to cybersecurity incidents and information security breaches.
Ensuring compliance with regulations, information security standards, privacy protection laws, and related requirements.
Managing and leading a dedicated professional Information Security & Cybersecurity team, including recruitment of appropriate personnel and driving operational excellence.
Managing external vendors and consultants in the fields of Information Security and Cybersecurity (IR, SOC, analysts, architects, etc.).
Delivering training and increasing cybersecurity and privacy awareness among all users within the Technion.
Ongoing collaboration with all IT teams across the organization to evaluate, implement, and integrate advanced technological solutions to protect all layers of infrastructure and information systems.
Working closely with governmental cybersecurity bodies, including the National Cyber Directorate.
Overall management of advanced security infrastructure policies and their implementation (PAM, SIEM, DLP, NAC, IAM).
At least 5 years of experience in managing Information Security within a large and complex organization, including hands-on experience in planning and executing enterprise cybersecurity processes – mandatory.
Proven experience in building, designing, managing, and overseeing the implementation of an organizational Information Security & Cybersecurity program – mandatory.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering / Information Systems or a related field; alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree in another field with at least 10 years of experience in Information Security & Cybersecurity management – mandatory.
Master’s degree – advantage.
Professional certifications such as CISSP / CISM / CISA.
Experience working with Information Security and Cybersecurity systems such as IAM/IDM, SIEM, DLP, CASB, SASE – mandatory.
Knowledge of relevant cybersecurity regulations, security standards, and Privacy Protection Law.
Deep understanding of cybersecurity technologies, cloud environments, and security protocols.
Experience securing cloud environments (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud).
Familiarity with academic/public institutions and research environments – advantage.
Experience with securing enterprise systems such as SAP and Moodle – advantage.
