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Rutgers University

Associate Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer

🇺🇸 Hybrid - New Brunswick, NJ

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $218K - $333K

💻 Cybersecurity

🗓️ October 16th, 2025

CISSP FERPA

Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is hiring an Associate Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer. This role leads the university's cybersecurity program by developing and monitoring enterprise information security governance, compliance, policies, and protocols to protect the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of university information assets. The CISO collaborates with senior leadership, manages crisis responses, oversees security education programs, and serves as the university's primary advocate on information security matters.

Highlights

  • Leads and manages a comprehensive institutional cybersecurity program aligned with input from the Information Security Steering Committee.

  • Ensures protection of university information assets and engages with senior leadership to integrate security into business processes.

  • Designs and oversees security governance groups and leads incident response and crisis management.

  • Maintains knowledge of relevant information security regulations such as HIPAA, FERPA, PCI-DSS, and FISMA.

  • Partners on security functional areas including Risk Management, Identity and Access Management, Security Operations, and Security Training.

  • Collaborates closely with research community and audit teams to align security risks and IT audit plans.

  • Develops university-wide security awareness and foundational training programs on topics like phishing and fraud detection.

  • Provides leadership for the cybersecurity team's management and budget activities, delivering regular updates to university executives.

  • Required qualifications include a bachelor’s degree, 8 to 10 years of progressive leadership in cybersecurity, excellent communication, and organizational skills.

  • Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree and certifications such as CISSP.

  • Salary ranges from $217,528 to $332,818 with a comprehensive benefits package.

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