National Security Agency
Fort Meade, MD, USA
Information System Security Professionals at NSA play a vital role in enabling security solutions by utilizing systems engineering and systems security engineering principles in:
- defining information system security requirements and functionality
- designing system architectures and designs
- assessing the effectiveness of security solutions against present and projected threats
- producing formal and informal reports, briefings, and direct input to the customer regarding security and functionality requirements, system architecture and security designs
- conducting security engineering/hardening of the latest operating systems, tailoring them for use in the specific mission area
- reviewing requests for security relevant changes on the mission infrastructures, ensuring risk is adequately mitigated
- working with system owners to accredit/re-accredit critical mission systems.
Depending on their experience and preferences, Information System Security Professionals are hired into...