Are you a seasoned leader passionate about safeguarding digital landscapes? Join the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) as our Chief Information Security Officer and play a pivotal role in protecting our organization's assets and ensuring our continued success!

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Join us in making a meaningful impact while working in an environment that values innovation, collaboration and care.

A little bit about the KBI...

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is the premier criminal investigative agency in the state of Kansas. The KBI is committed to its critical mission of preventing crime and enhancing public safety in Kansas. We employ individuals who exemplify the highest standards of integrity, service, and dedication. Come feel like you’re part of something bigger at the KBI!

The KBI provides professional investigative, laboratory, and criminal justice information services to criminal justice agencies to promote public safety and prevent crime in Kansas. With nearly 400 employees, the KBI operates across three branches, including Administration, Investigations, and Criminal Justice Services.

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The KBI Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is responsible for establishing and maintaining an information security management program to ensure that KBI and KCJIS information assets are adequately protected. This position is responsible for identifying, evaluating, and reporting on information security risks in a manner that meets compliance and regulatory requirements, and aligns with and supports the risk posture of the KBI and KCJIS. The CISO position requires a visionary leader with sound knowledge of business management and a working knowledge of information security technologies. The CISO will proactively work with state business units to implement practices that meet defined policies and standards for information security. While they also oversee a variety of IT-related risk management activities.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Agency’s information security organization, consisting of direct reports in delivery of both assurance, technical security services, cyber collaboration, and cyber preparedness. This includes hiring, training, staff development, performance management and annual performance reviews.
• Facilitate information security governance through the implementation of a hierarchical governance program established by the Kansas Cybersecurity Act.
• Provide direction and oversight in the development and maintenance of Agency information security policies, standards, and guidelines.
• Advise and consult with senior agency and government officials as well as provide testimony to legislative committees regarding cybersecurity and information security.
• Create and manage role-based and cybersecurity awareness training programs for all employees, contractors, and approved system users.
• Work directly with KBI Agency leaders to facilitate IT risk assessment and risk management processes, and work with stakeholders throughout the agency on identifying acceptable levels of residual risk.
• Provide regular reporting on the status of the information security programs to Chief Information Officer, senior business leaders, and agency executives as part of a strategic enterprise risk management program.
• Provide strategic risk guidance for IT projects, including the evaluation and recommendation of technical controls.
• Liaise with the enterprise architecture team to ensure alignment between the security and enterprise architectures, thus coordinating the strategic planning implicit in these architectures.
• Create and manage a unified and flexible control framework to integrate and normalize the wide variety and ever-changing requirements resulting from global laws, standards, and regulations.
• Ensure that security programs follow relevant laws, regulations, and policies to minimize or eliminate risk and audit findings.
• Manage security incidents and events to protect KBI and KCJIS information assets, including intellectual property, regulated data, and the KBI and KCJIS reputation.
• Monitor the external threat environment for emerging threats and advise relevant stakeholders on the appropriate courses of action.
• Conduct regular security audits, assessments, and penetration tests to identify vulnerabilities.
• Liaise with external agencies, such as law enforcement and other advisory bodies as necessary, to ensure that the organization maintains a strong security posture.
• Coordinate the use of external resources involved in the information security program, including, but not limited to, interviewing, negotiating contracts and fees, and managing external resources.
• Facilitate a metrics and reporting framework to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of the program, facilitate appropriate resource allocation, and increase the maturity of the security.
• Facilitate and build upon a whole-of-state approach to cybersecurity.
• Collaborate and build relationships with local government entities and the other two branches of state government.

Qualifications

Post-Offer, Pre-employment Requirements

Employment Benefits :

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Equal Employment Opportunity

The State of Kansas is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion as essential elements that create and foster a welcoming workplace. All qualified persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, political affiliation, disability or any other factor unrelated to the essential functions of the job.

If you wish to identify yourself as a qualified person with a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act and would like to request an accommodation, please address the request to the recruiter.