A leading Defence business is currently looking for a Information Security Assurance Specialist in a brand new position in their highly advanced Information Assurance programme, reporting directly into the Head of Service Delivery.

The responsibility of this individual will work within a team that will deliver improved degree of assurance on security control effectiveness in line with key directives from Accreditors. You will directly contribute to providing business solutions that keep this defence organisation performing effectively.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for 2nd line assurance of the effectiveness of cyber security controls and adherence to relevant security standards
• Develop an effective cyber security control testing processes including technical testing, analytics and automation
• Provide global reporting which highlights gaps and proposed improvements
• Lead the roadmap for Cyber control testing technology

Role requirements :

• Experience of information security control implementation, ideally gained in an Security audit function.
• Strong understanding of security risks and ways to mitigate (people, process, technology)
• Experience working with ISO27001 and NIST security frameworks
• Strong senior stakeholder management experience
• Ideally MOD or government experience

Location: Bristol

Salary: Up to £55k base + bens

Must be eligible for SC Clearance.

To find out more please apply through the link in this add with your CV attached and I will call you discuss it in more detail.

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