About the Role
Lead and enhance the organization’s cybersecurity program by effectively managing risk, securing systems, overseeing incident response, and ensuring compliance with relevant standards.
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Key Responsibilities
- Oversee and manage the organization’s cybersecurity initiatives.
- Implement strategies to reduce critical security incidents quarter-over-quarter.
- Deliver comprehensive risk assessments and create mitigation plans.
- Improve incident response time and outcomes to enhance overall security posture.
- Ensure compliance with internal security policies and external regulatory requirements.
- Strengthen infrastructure and application security protocols.
Key Performance Indicators
- Reduction in critical security incidents on a quarterly basis.
- Delivery of risk assessments and associated mitigation strategies.
- Enhancement of incident response times and overall effectiveness.
- Compliance maintenance with established security policies.
- Hardened infrastructure and application security postures.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Proven experience in leading cybersecurity operations or in security engineering roles.
- In-depth knowledge of various security frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001).
- Demonstrated expertise in incident response and threat investigation.
- Strong understanding of network security, endpoint security, and cloud security practices.
- Relevant professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CEH, or Security+.
- Experience with SIEM/SOC operations and threat investigation capabilities.
- Proficient in threat modeling and conducting risk assessments.
- Knowledge in vulnerability management and patching processes.
- Experience in incident response and digital forensics.
- Familiarity with cloud security across platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Proven strategic leadership, process improvement abilities, and skills in cross-functional stakeholder management.
