Security Manager

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What Does Security Manager Mean?

In IT, a security manager can be a piece of software, a platform or a person that takes on security management tasks.

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Techopedia Explains Security Manager

The term “security manager” is used in different ways when it applies to a person or a piece of technology. In many cases, companies use the term to describe products that perform security tasks. For example, in Java, security manager is a class for implementing security functions.

Other types of security managers are platforms that handle security building. Many companies have developed security manager products. These platforms may assess real-time changes, do path analysis, perform security visualization or otherwise enhance security efforts.

Likewise, a security manager job role serves the functioning of enhancing security in a company or organization. The duties of a security manager, many of which can be related to assessing and implementing security for parts of an IT setup, for networks, data warehouses and more.

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Margaret is an award-winning writer and educator known for her ability to explain complex technical topics to a non-technical business audience. Over the past twenty years, her IT definitions have been published by Que in an encyclopedia of technology terms and cited in articles in the New York Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, ZDNet, PC Magazine, and Discovery Magazine. She joined Techopedia in 2011. Margaret’s idea of ​​a fun day is to help IT and business professionals to learn to speak each other’s highly specialized languages.