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Security is the degree of resistance to, or protection from, harm. Workplace questions should only be tagged with this if they relate to actual security concerns (physical or digital) and are specific to the workplace. See extended tag info for usage guidelines.
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How could I have handled my colleagues unavailability during security incident response better?
I work as a security engineer / security analyst on the IT Security team at my workplace. … One of my core job duties is triaging , remediating / containing, and as necessary, escalating of security incidents. …
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Handling fallout due to new security policies
For several months now, I have working closely with our information security team to strengthen the security controls governing our PCI and SOX compliance efforts. … Last week, new security policies went live in the production environment. …
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How can I explain technical concepts related to business management who lack background to u...
I am writing a report for a security review / audit that I completed of a business application used by my company. … This application stores and processes rather sensitive information which includes Personally Identifiable Information, including but not limited to social security numbers. …
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Communicating with prospective vendor about official documents
My manager and senior management at my company has requested due diligence feedback on a prospective vendor our company is thinking of doing business with. It is the same company I asked about in this …
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How to convince manager of need for additional security testing before release [closed]
One of my duties at work is testing and verifying that necessary security requirements are in place before code and application updates are released to production environment. … Without additional manual testing, at least of what I feel would be high-impact vulnerabilities, I am not comfortable in signing off on security requirements testing results. …
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How can I safely show in my resume my experience with pen testing tools
I work in the cybersecurity field as a security analyst. As a part of my work I have gained decent experience with white hat penetration testing tools such as Snort, Burp Suite, MetaSploit etc. … I dont want to seem like a risky hire in terms of security. …
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Value of intermediate status to certification in cybersecurity profession - Associate ISC^2
The CISSP certification is highly reputable and the most widely recognized certification amongst IT Security professionals. … I am updating my resume to reflect recent accomplishments and new responsibilities assumed in my changed job role, from an IT auditor to security analyst. …
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Should I mention in my resume I have written exploit code thats incorporated into MetaSploit...
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Given insider risk and vulnerabilities exploitation is a big , legitimate risk to businesses nowdays, my worry is that my side hobby of contributing to the white hat security …
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How to get team members to be more open with their opinions regarding architecture?
I have recently joined the architectural review board (ARB) at the place where I work serving as the security representative. … As I am the sole representative of IT Security on the ARB, , I frequently request the opinions of team members on security controls design, risk management, and compliance verification. …
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Can poor performance in optional , but work sponsored activities hurt my standing in the com...
For National Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October, my employer is sponsoring a secure code warrior competition where teams who sign up are presented with software code with security vulnerabilities … As it turned out, none of the team members I was randomly assigned with had any prior application security experience or previous experience in related areas such as penetration testing, other than myself …
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How to better track identities within company? [closed]
IA and Security departments are our most reliable allies.
What are some practical ideas to improve tracking of electronic employe identities within a smaller company? …
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How to request colleague assistance for on call support during manager vacation?
I recently joined the information security team at my employer about a month ago. … Just this week, I started to participate in off hours on-call support as security must be available on a continuous basis. …
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How can I help junior colleagues understand the why of tasks our team does
I work in IT Security as the team lead of the team. … For example, this week I was signing off on some code security reviews / new security implementation plans, and asked my team members why they thought these tasks being done and how the new security controls …
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Helping junior team members grasp abstract concepts in a new IT domain
I work as the team lead on the IT Security team where I work. I have close to 8 years of experience in cybersecurity.
Recently a junior engineer joined my team. … He has worked with some tools that are also widely used in security field such SonarQube or Nessus, but only in his previous role as a developer. …
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How to coordinate urgent video conferencing meetings with team when working remote with less...
I work as team lead of the IT Security team where I work. … Today we had a security incident (verified via tripped canary tokens / observed IOCs) and I had to coordinate all hands on deck meeting with the team with little notice. …