Information Security Officer

This is an exciting opportunity as an Information Security Officer within a household name within the Financial industry.

In this role you will be responsible for laying the foundations, aligning to ISO 27001, and growing the Information Security team for an ever-growing organisation.

Information Security Officer - Responsibilities

• Providing expertise in compliance programs for regulatory and compliance frameworks such as PCI DSS/PSD2/ISO27001
• Creating, reviewing, and maintaining security policy, standards, and procedures
• Coordinating internal and external reviews for security frameworks e.g PCI-DSS
• Coordinate risk assessments and business impact analysis, the creation of response plans and testing
• Conducting annual reviews on currently on-boarded vendors
• Reporting security status and events to management
• Thinking of and implementing new ways to automate and improve security across the business
• Maintaining compliance of ISO27001 once in place

Information Security Officer - Experience and Skills required

• At least 4 years of experience in the Information Security field
• Very good understanding of PCI-DSS, PSD2, GDPR, and other compliance and regulatory frameworks
• Understanding of information security and related principles
• Working knowledge of Cyber Essentials and ICT security architectures and common designs for mitigating information security risks
• Knowledge of the General Data Protection Regulations (DPA 2018) and Payment Card Industry
• Confident understanding of and experience of working with ISO27001, Data Protection Legislation including GDPR
• Knowledge of security governance
• Excellent level of IT/PC skills, experience working with IT Security Frameworks and Management systems

Information Security Officer – Desirable Skills

• CISM, CISA, CISSP or CISMP qualifications
• ISO27001 Lead Auditor or Lead Implementer qualification

If you are suitable for this Information Security Officer role, please apply via this job ad or contact Alex directly at awarren@marcusdonald.com