"I realize that attacks can happen at any time, and we need to be ready. One of the most important tasks that I'm involved in when I come into work every day is to look at our security dashboard which shows a real-time report of events, threats, intrusions, and possible breaches. This tells us what actions we need to take, or improvements that need to be addressed to strengthen our network further. The real-time report gives me a view of events that have occurred and are occurring in real-time. As a directive by our CIO, we are required to do research on public and private corporations that were hacked so we could analyze how those organizations handled data loss and what they did to remedy those issues."

"There are several steps that I take to safeguard our environment. Let me outline those steps and tasks to get you familiar with our process, planning, and execution:

1.) The first step is to identify the threats - this involves unauthorized access to our company networks. Since our company has sensitive information, we go to great lengths to protect it.
2.) I keep employees honest - Employees have access to a lot of valuable company information, and if leaked to the wrong people, could be disastrous for the company. It's part of my responsibility to have employees reset passwords, and have them use two-factor authentication for additional security.
3.) I keep up to date on Cybercrimes that have happened in the past - I always look at what types of data hackers are attracted to so I know what kind of strategy to put in place for those types of potential attacks.
4.) I carry out risk assessments and audits on a regular basis - This is done to mitigate risk, and data loss. I work closely with external Cyber Security consultants to implement security that is successfully executed."

When responding to this question, make sure to cover topics including how you identified the threats, what authentication you used to combat the threats, and how frequently you do risk assessments. You should also mention how often you communicated your security and sign-off policy to employees and if there was corporate-wide compliance or violations of the cyber security policies, and how you addressed these. A comprehensive answer addressing each of these practices will help convince the interviewer that you are the right candidate for this job.