Cybersecurity Compliance & Governance Intern

Description

Leidos is ready for summer Cybersecurity Compliance & Governance interns! This opportunity to work in our Reston, VA office or remotely is a great way to learn while using your experience and insight to help our corporate information security team keep the enterprise secure. You'll work closely with Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance staff to advance our ability to track and monitor regulatory changes and maintain compliance with internal and external regulations, policies, and laws.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Rotate through team functions to gain experience with various Compliance and Governance services.
• Support the team in maintaining and improving policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures.
• Develop and deliver cyber compliance educational and awareness materials.
• Audit and assess compliance and governance of information security processes for specific business units, functions or services.
• Define and improve cyber governance metrics for periodic release.
• Monitor emergent changes in regulatory and security compliance and determine the impact of those changes on Information Technology functional processes.
• Facilitate the remediation of Information Technology control deficiencies, including communication with essential levels of leadership and validation of remediation activities.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must be enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree in a related field.
• US Citizenship is required.
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills for collaboration on resolution of compliance issues; ability to foster cooperation with representatives of various organizational entities.
• Ability to research, compile results, and make recommendations to solve problems.
• Familiarity or preparedness to learn about evaluating compliance of information security solutions to policies and procedures.
• Familiarity or preparedness to learn how to assess whether security safeguards employed by organizations are implemented correctly, are operating as intended, and satisfy the security requirements.
• Familiarity or preparedness to learn about security governance principles, compliance,legal and regulatory issues, and regulatory acts.
• Familiarity or preparedness to learn about system security plans, contingency plans, incident response plans, configuration management plans, security control requirements and assessments, Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&M), and training requirements consistent with cyber frameworks including NIST.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with cyber standards such as DFARS 252.204-7012, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), or NIST Special Publication 800-171r2.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks such as CIS Controls, Secure Controls Framework (SCF), NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), or NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF).
• Familiarity with cybersecurity laws and regulations in the US and internationally impacting data protection and the confidentiality, integrity and availability of systems and data, such as FAR and DFARS requirements, ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, and General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR).

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For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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