Information Security Officer
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About the role
We are looking for a senior Information Security Officer to lead the development and execution of our enterprise security strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals, risk appetite and regulatory requirements.
Key responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the company’s information security and cybersecurity strategy, roadmap and maturity plan.
- Establish, maintain and enforce security policies, standards, procedures and governance practices.
- Identify, assess, prioritize and report cyber risks across applications, infrastructure, cloud services and third‑party relationships.
- Provide oversight of security operations including monitoring, detection, vulnerability management and endpoint protection.
- Own cyber incident response governance, investigation, containment and recovery processes.
- Lead governance, risk and compliance activities to meet internal and external requirements.
- Oversee identity, access and data protection controls such as privileged access, data loss prevention and encryption.
- Promote security awareness, training and phishing readiness across the organisation.
Required profile
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, IT or related discipline and relevant security certifications.
- 8‑10 years of experience in information security, cybersecurity or IT risk management.
- At least 5 years in a senior security leadership or specialist role.
- Proven track record developing security strategies, policies and governance frameworks.
- Experience conducting risk assessments, audits, compliance reviews and managing security incidents.
Required skills
- Cloud security and cloud adoption
- Network segmentation
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Data protection and encryption
- Application security
- Vulnerability management
- Endpoint protection
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Threat intelligence
- Data loss prevention
- Privileged access management
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