{"id":5187,"date":"2022-09-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freelancermap.com\/blog\/career-insights-info-security-manager\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:56:15","slug":"career-insights-info-security-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freelancermap.com\/blog\/career-insights-info-security-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"What does an Information Security Manager do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to another edition of our career insights series! Today, we’ll be covering a position on IT that has become increasingly more important over the last years. We’re talking about Information security managers or IT security managers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With huge companies like Sony being hacked<\/a> and entire countries suffering damage to their infrastructure from hacks<\/a>, security has to be on the mind of big and small companies alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who handles that security? The person whose job we\u2019re going to talk about in this article \u2013 the Information Security Manager<\/strong>.
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Role overview<\/div>
Responsibilities<\/a><\/span>
Skills<\/a><\/span>
Background<\/a><\/span>
Salary<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

What does an Information Security Manager do?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Information Security Manager or IT Security Manager<\/strong> is responsible for protecting the IT infrastructure<\/strong> of the company, whether it is against viruses, security breaches or hacker attacks. It is their job to make sure that information doesn\u2019t leak or get lost as a result of an attack and preventively reduce the possible amount of lost data to as little as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First and foremost, an IT security manager will be checking for weak areas<\/strong> \u2013 any spots that might be particularly vulnerable to viruses or outside attacks. That means maintaining stuff like anti-virus software, changing passwords and ensuring good firewalls are in place. This is the first part of the job \u2013 prevention.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second is minimizing loss potential<\/strong>. In practice, that means ensuring that backups <\/strong>are being made at regular intervals and basically reducing the probability that sensitive data is affected by a breach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, you can expect a lot of testing and reporting<\/strong> to be part of your everyday tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the responsibilities of an Information Security Manager?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n