CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER (CISO)

Reference:

BSMW/CISSR/88

Sector:

Cybersecurity

Town/City:

London

Contract Type:

Contract

Closing Date:

24/11/2023

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a proven DV Cleared Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) within the public sector, Acting as a role model for delivery by showing efficiency and focus, while being open to new ideas and honest about challenges;

Key Responsibilities
You will be responsible for:
• Team, collective, and professional leadership, including supporting the development of specialist skills within the organisation.
• Establishing governance, building knowledge and networks within the organisation and with our partners across government;
• Leading continuous assessment of vulnerabilities to ensure policies are deployed, revised and overseen effectively.

Experience
• Demonstrable and practical experience at a senior level, in the public or private sector, of working in a combination of risk management, information security, and IT roles;
• Experience of leading and motivating large teams against a challenging resource background;
• Proven ability to understand complex user and technology needs and provide contextualised security advice or direction to allow those needs to be met securely through operational security arrangements;
• Demonstrable experience of setting standards and the development of procedures that deliver end-to-end, tightly monitored environments including in complex organisations;
• Experience of leading transformation programmes inside/outside government, ideally featuring an international dimension;
• Awareness and understanding of modern, industry standard security issues and processes, HMG security frameworks and knowledge of common information security management frameworks;
• Understanding of supply chain risks and implications e.g. awareness of software supply chain challenges;

Technical Skills
• Specific security technology and understanding. Knowledge of system architectures. Threat awareness. Ability to understand the risk impact of vulnerabilities on existing and future designs and systems and to identify how easy or difficult it will be to exploit these vulnerabilities.
• Strong and effective communication with both technical and non-technical teams (security architect). Understand security concepts to be credible and comfortable when engaging with security technologists. Communicating in a language that is appropriate to audience. Ability to respond to challenge.

Desirable Criteria
• Prior experience as Head of Security/CISO;
• Experience of managing tight resource constraints, conflicting priorities and a dynamic programme;
• Professional security management certification, such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or other similar credentials.

Please note: Active DV clearance is required for this role

Minorities, women, LGBTQ+ candidates, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Interviews will take place next week, so please apply immediately to be considered for this exciting contract role or call Bangura Solutions to discuss this role further.