Chief Information Security Officer

You will be responsible for ensuring security of all information and related data as well as the IT systems being used across all SVKM Institutions. You will be responsible for developing information security policy and ensuring strict implementation and taking appropriate follow-up action for breaches or violations that may occur from time to time. Keeping these broad responsibilities in mind. Your duties will include:

- You will ensure that all data with the organizations are protected and are not misused or accessed by unauthorized persons. You will develop appropriate data and information access policy, define protocols and implement the same.
- You will help in designing appropriate security systems, review security policies and after taking into account cyber incidents if any, help develop, update and modify security systems as may be necessary.
- To put in place proper system to carry out security audit and secure periodic security audit which, interilia, will look into network and system intrusions if any, identify vulnerabilities, suggest corrective measures on the basis of audit report and submit audit report with action taken or proposed to be taken, to the higher management.
- In case of any breach or wrongful access to information and data, carry out investigation, take appropriate action legally and administratively and also suggest corrective action for the future.
- Ensure compliance of all legal and contractual information security and privacy related matters and take necessary action to ensure the same from time to time.
- Responsible for reviewing, implementing, updating and documenting SVKM wide information security policies and procedures.
- Coordinate with Director-IT as well as with users at different levels, give training, create awareness or disseminate security related information to all concerned.
- In case of any sensitive or confidential information, you will escalate to higher management in person without disclosing data to anyone else and take further action as per direction of higher management.

Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM) is a Public Charitable Trust registered under the Society’s Registration Act and Bombay Public Trust Act. From its humble beginnings in 1934, when it took over the Rashtriya Shala, a school established in 1921 in the wake of the National Movement, SVKM today has grown into a big educational establishment imparting high-level education to more than 61,000 students spread over 13 cities whilst employing over 3,500 employees.

After beginning its journey in 1934, SVKM has blossomed into an educational colossus that has attained national recognition in multiple streams of higher education. With a strong guiding philosophy of providing education to all levels of the student community along with creating a feeling of bonding and commitment amongst academic and non-academic employees, SVKM has mastered the art of being able to transform itself into a close knit family and at the same time help its students to attain all-round development, be employable and achieve success in both personal and professional spheres of life. SVKM today is proud of some of the finest educational institutes in the country like NMIMS deemed to be University, Mithibai College (Autonomous), N.M. College of Commerce and Economics (Autonomous), D.J. Sanghvi College of Engineering (Autonomous), Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic, SVKM Internal School, C.N.M. School & N.D. Parekh Pe-Primary School - to name a few. It has also in its family, schools from Pre-primary to Nursery to Secondary, Jr. College providing ICSE, IB, IGCSE and CBSE curriculum. With a strong vision and passion for being the pioneers of the modern education system, all SVKM institutes are state of the art, with ever expanding facilities and infrastructure.