Conducts penetration testing, forensics and red team exercises
Lead and motivate a team of security professionals to help ensure the company continues to operate in a secure and stable environment.
Leverage information security and technology resources within the organization to lead strategic security planning with IT Technology/Operations, development teams, and users across the organization to ensure a secure infrastructure, applications, and overall data security.
Communicate and ensure compliance with organizational security policies and standards; proactively work with business units to implement practices that meet defined policies and standards for information security
Provide support, guidance, mentoring and education, to ensure that appropriate monitoring and controls are in place for compliance with established security policies and procedures
Direct comprehensive security assessments for all organizational information systems and advise on mitigating vulnerabilities
Provide subject matter expertise to management on a broad range of information security standards, best practices, and compliance requirements.
Coordinate use of external resources involved in the information security program including negotiating vendor contracts and fees.
Develop business-relevant metrics to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of the program, facilitate appropriate resource allocation and increase the maturity of the security program
Strong interpersonal skills, communication skills and keen ability to collaborate and knowledge share to drive productivity and foster healthy relationships between employees.
Objectives
Enable business objectives via integrated security
Protect organization & customers with enhanced information security program
Proactive risk and compliance management via establishing the right governance model and measured & reported KRI/KPI
Cyber prepare the organization via customized cyber simulation exercises, integrated incident response plans etc.
Qualifications
15+ years of progressive experience across Security, Technology and Compliance
Demonstrated leadership in setting and executing information security strategy, driving security operations and incident response.
Working experience in security requirements for Sarbanes-Oxley, ISO Certifications, SOC2, Data Privacy laws, and PCI etc.
Extensive knowledge of risk assessment procedures, policy formation, role-based authorization methodologies, authentication technologies, and security attack pathologies
Strong leadership, analytical and problem-solving skills
Extensive interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with end-users, IT peers, managers, and vendors and a keen ability to collaborate and knowledge share to drive productivity and foster healthy relationships between employees