Information Security Officer at Sought Out Talent

• Lead Information Security Strategy: Develop and maintain company’s enterprise information security and cybersecurity strategy, roadmap, operating model, and maturity plan aligned to IT strategy, business priorities, risk appetite, and regulatory obligations;
• Govern Security Policies and Standards: Establish, maintain, and enforce information security policies, standards, procedures, minimum control requirements, and governance practices across the organisation;
• Manage Cyber Risk: Identify, assess, prioritise, monitor, and report cyber and information security risks across applications, infrastructure, cloud services, operational technology, data platforms, third parties, and business processes;
• Security Architecture and Secure Design: Align with enterprise architect regarding cloud adoption, network segmentation, identity and access management, data protection, application security, operational technology, and digital transformation initiatives;
• Direct Security Operations Oversight: Ensure effective monitoring, detection, vulnerability management, endpoint protection, security event management, threat intelligence, and operational security controls across the IT environment;
• Lead Cyber Incident Readiness and Response: Own and coordinate cyber incident response governance, escalation, investigation, containment, recovery, lessons learned, and executive communication processes in line with company’s incident response arrangements;
• Drive Governance, Risk and Compliance: Ensure compliance with internal policies, legal, regulatory, contractual, audit, data protection, and governance requirements relating to information security and cyber risk;
• Strengthen Identity, Access and Data Protection Controls: Oversee access governance, privileged access, segregation of duties, data loss prevention, information classification, encryption, retention, auditability, and monitoring controls;
• Manage Third-Party and Supply Chain Security Risk: Define and monitor security requirements for vendors, service providers, cloud platforms, implementation partners, outsourced IT services, and technology suppliers;
• Promote Security Awareness and Culture: Lead cybersecurity awareness, training, communication, phishing readiness, policy adoption, and behavioural change initiatives across the organisation;
• Provide Executive and Board-Level Reporting: Report security posture, cyber risks, incidents, vulnerabilities, compliance status, control gaps, remediation progress, and investment requirements to IT leadership and governance forums;
• Support Audits and Assurance Reviews: Coordinate security evidence, audit responses, control testing, remediation tracking, and continuous improvement activities arising from internal and external reviews
• Lead Cybersecurity Capability Development: Build, mentor, and coordinate internal and external cybersecurity resources, including cyber risk, security operations, security architecture, GRC, and specialist provider capabilities;
• Attend to audit queries as and when required; and
• Perform ad hoc duties as and when required within reasonable job scope

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security or Computer Science or Information Technology or Information Systems, or a related discipline; and
• Relevant Information Security or Cybersecurity certification.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Postgraduate qualification in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Business Management, Risk Management, or a related field;
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP); and
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).

Requirements:

• 8 – 10 years’ experience in Information Security, Cybersecurity, IT Risk Management, IT Governance, Infrastructure Security, Security Operations, or related technology disciplines;
• Experience in information security governance, risk management, and compliance practices;
• At least five (5) years’ experience in a cybersecurity leadership, management, or senior specialist role;
• Proven experience developing and implementing information security strategies, frameworks, policies, standards, and governance processes;
• Experience conducting cybersecurity risk assessments, security audits, compliance reviews, and control effectiveness evaluations;
• Experience managing security incidents, vulnerability management programmes, and cybersecurity monitoring activities;
• Experience implementing and maintaining information security controls across infrastructure, applications, cloud environments, data platforms, and operational technology environments; and
• Experience engaging with executive leadership, auditors, regulators, technology teams, and business stakeholders on cybersecurity matters.