Information Security Specialist at Kommunalförbundet Itsam
Workplace: Sverige
Expires: September 7, 2025
Join Kommunalförbundet Itsam and collaborate with our five member municipalities to strengthen digitalization and IT. As an Information Security Specialist, you will help enhance the work on information security and implement new cybersecurity legislation. This full-time position offers a dynamic work environment with opportunities to influence and make a real difference in our member municipalities.
Main requirements:
- Post-secondary education focused on information security.
- Good knowledge of laws and regulations governing the public sector, such as the Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act, with emphasis on information security regulations.
- Experience working with information security is preferred.
- Experience in the public sector is an advantage.
- Ability to take initiative and achieve results independently.
- Capacity to weigh complex information and make sound judgments in decisions and actions.
- Effective planning, organizing, and prioritizing skills to meet deadlines.
Responsibilities:
- Develop governing documents, checklists, and routines related to information security.
- Initiate and conduct training in information security.
- Lead analysis work and develop and follow up on action plans.
- Serve as a knowledge support resource for employees in member municipalities regarding information security.
- Contribute to building and managing an information security management system compliant with international standards.
Required hard skills:
- Knowledge of information security principles and international standards.
- Understanding of relevant legislation and regulations including public sector laws.
- Ability to develop policy documents and routines related to information security.
- Experience with cybersecurity frameworks and risk analysis.
- Educational background in information security.
Recommended hard skills:
- Experience working in the public sector.
- Experience with cybersecurity legislation implementation.
Soft skills:
- Initiative and proactivity.
- Result-oriented mindset.
- Sound judgment and decision-making.
- Ability to prioritize and organize work effectively.
- Good communication and training skills.
Natural languages:
- Swedish (Proficient)
- English (Working knowledge)
Cultural skills:
- Collaboration across municipal organizations
- Understanding of public sector culture
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