Cyber Security Engineer Duties & Responsibilities

The role and function of a Cyber Security Engineer includes the following duties and responsibilities:

Planning, implementing, managing, monitoring and upgrading security measures for the protection of the organizations data, systems and networks.
Troubleshooting security and network problems.
Responding to all system and/or network security breaches.
Ensuring that the organization's data and infrastructure are protected by enabling the appropriate security controls.
Participating in the change management process.
Testing and identifying network and system vulnerabilities.
Daily administrative tasks, reporting and communication with the relevant departments in the organization.

Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Cyber Security Engineer duties and responsibilities. Job functions for specific Cyber Security Engineer roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.

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