System engineers are entrusted with verifying if a foundation and structured approach to engineering trustworthy secure systems. This means that being trusted with fulfilling whatever duties that need to be carried out. Systems engineering makes sure that a product meets the stakeholders protection and security needs. These activities draw upon multiple security principles, techniques, and concepts of systems engineering. They provide security requirements and various verification methods. Engineers recommend various security enhancements to the company. They install different software and security patches. They test out any type of intrusion detection system alarms to make sure they are up to date and working correctly. Often, they are able to reduce different security violations by analyzing different threat possibilities within the building. They develop different standards for the company and create different ways of solving existing issues. They conduct scans of the network in order to find any type of discrepancies. They test out security by conducting penetration test. They also monitor the network for any unusual or suspicious behavior. They carry out awareness training for the company so that staff members are up to date on security procedures. Engineers also assist and lead installation of all new software and procedures. Engineers do a lot to keep the company from running into multiple problems. This can save the companies millions because they also make sure that the company is within cyber security requirements. This prevents the company from facing fines or other legal problems. Once a cyber security incident occurs, engineers are the first ones on scene carrying out recovery procedures. This is essential to protecting any untouched critical information. They also maintain all switches and servers to make sure that they are up to date. They also carry out multiple test in order to adapt to their adversaries moves and overall improve safety of the networks.

“SYSTEM SECURITY ENGINEERING: A Multidisciplinary Approach in the Engineering of Trustworthy Secure Systems.”