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741A Information Systems Security Manager

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Overview

An Information Systems Security Manager advises the commanding officer on information security and ensures conformity with cybersecurity and risk management program requirements. This manager reviews accreditation activities, verifies security testing and user compliance, tracks workforce qualifications, and maintains cybersecurity and system security plans.

Core Skills

  • Accreditation documentation and risk acceptance review
  • Cyber workforce qualification compliance tracking
  • Security test execution and documentation verification
  • Sensitive information system security plan oversight

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Information Security Analysts

Reviewing accreditation documentation, maintaining cybersecurity plans, and verifying security tests transfer directly to analyst work focused on security planning and risk assessment.

How to prepare: Build a portfolio assessment for a fictional information system that connects a security plan, identified risks, and test evidence to recommended safeguards.

What the civilian work involves
  • Develop plans to safeguard computer files against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure and to meet emergency data processing needs.
  • Perform risk assessments and execute tests of data processing system to ensure functioning of data processing activities and security measures.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 741A

    [1] NEC entry "741A - Information Systems Security Manager"; cached text line 17604; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Accreditation documentation and risk acceptance review, Cyber workforce qualification compliance tracking, Security test execution and documentation verification, Sensitive information system security plan oversight, Information Security Analysts (O*NET 15-1212.00)

  2. O*NET: Information Security Analysts

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Information Security Analysts (O*NET 15-1212.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 741A

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