What do security guards really do at work?

Question

Information Security

Hello community! At the moment I work in a large office enikem. Recently, I started a conversation with my superiors on the topic of further career growth. Because The company is big, there are many directions. I'm looking at 3 of them. 2 most preferred, networker and admin. Third hypothetical. Security. Of course, I don’t particularly consider this direction seriously (although who knows), but still I want to know what security officers really do in large and not very companies? What are the varieties (pentesters and reversers of malware are not taken into account)? I just talked to one of them, so he writes security policies, read the standards, for the company, according to the type, what password length for users is considered optimal, and drives Casper databases. In my opinion, an extremely boring job, so I’m not considering it yet. What other responsibilities do they have?

Answer 1

In short: they build "corridors" of access to information.
If not very briefly: they monitor corporate data leaks through company employees, monitor external network threats and set up network traffic access policies, respond to threats that have already arisen to minimize information losses and leaks (this is an extreme case, but not without it - everything happens .. .).
They configure firewalls, design and implement comprehensive data protection at all levels of access to them.

Answer 2

What do security guards really do at work?

1 frown.
2 suspicious squinting of eyes.
3 writing, rewriting, adding any instructions - at times.
4 prohibition.
5 coffee breaks with snacks and smoke breaks - basically.
6 intimidation.
7 in some cases, reminiscing about former work as an operative.
8 meeting with management.
9 the search for the extreme.

Answer 3

In my opinion, an extremely boring job, so I’m not considering it yet.

And there is.
Basically, the distribution of rights to the balls, the coordination of the installation of new software, checking licenses, checking installed software for relevance, filling out paperwork, monitoring anti-virus software, monitoring network security.
If you decide to go to security, keep in mind that you will be hated by the entire IT department.

Answer 4

If "lucky" to work in inf. bank security, then there is no time left for real work due to continuous paperwork.
Read at your leisure any fiction from a 365-P type regulator or STO IB IBBS to forever discourage the desire to get involved with this.

Answer 5

Everyone in a row. Software is prepared, given access and even stand on watch.

Answer 6

Very boring job in my opinion.

Very close to the truth, I must say :) However, admin work is also not painfully creative :)
Development of all kinds of instructions and access policies, firewall and corporate proxy management, anti-spam and anti-virus, VPN, distribution of all kinds of access - from VPN to access to projects in VCS , user monitoring, software licensing control, everything related to SSL certificates and encryption...
An effective cybersecurity specialist is a former admin :) If he did not work as an admin and does not know the specifics of work, he will never be able to control admins and he they will cover their ears with long spreading noodles :) (I myself, being an administrator, could easily cover my boss's ears :) )

Answer 7

They are engaged in bureaucracy (those crap).
In order to download the framework from the github, they wrote a bunch of requests, fished out through the log which hosts / ports to open and spent 1.5 months on everything.

Answer 8

Most recently, Symantec published a study that points to the burnout of information security professionals. The study included surveys of heads and managers of information security departments. And it shows the situation in the industry as a whole. Given the desire of the author of the post in professional growth, I think it will be useful to know. The second thing to know is salaries. See banking. But outside of Russia. Although there is one difficulty with the banking sector. To work in the IB of some European banks, European citizenship is required. Usually this is written directly in the vacancy.
Google this: High Alert: Tackling Cyber ​​Security Overload in 2019
Well, if you really work as a security guard, then you need to learn continuously. The number of threats is growing.

Answer 9

They walk back and forth, show the pass upside down.
Sincerely, Ivan Petrovich, security guard of the 4th category.