Vertical Head - Information Security - Bank/Financial Services

Looking for a seasoned Cyber security professional with 14-25 Years experience in heading the information and cyber security in a Banking or Financial Services domain.

Job Purpose:

- Implementing the Information Security framework across all Businesses and Support functions and monitoring their adherence to Information Security policy and procedures. In particular, the role will be responsible for executing various such as:

- Information Security Governance & Business Continuity

- Third-party risk management

- Application Security testing

- Information Security Awareness & Emergency Response

- Security Operations Centre (SOC) alert monitoring & closure

- Security tools implementation, monitoring & reporting

Job Context:

- This role is responsible for identifying opportunities to automate manual processes and engage with Risk and Business stakeholders to plan and implement digital solutions, enabling the risk function to adopt and leverage digital infrastructure effectively.

- The role is responsible to lead the design, implementation, and management of IT security systems, Policy, Process and Infrastructure for the Org in order to protect the business' computers, networks and data against security threats. Information & Cyber Risk (Information & Cyber Risk) is one of the major risks faced by organizations globally.

- With the increase in rapid technological changes, digital connectivity, product complexity, & automated transaction processing in the financial services industry, the importance of Information & Cyber Risk has only increased over time.

- Information Security team function encompasses a wide range of activities to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access, disclosure, disruption, modification or destruction. As Information Security is integral to financial services activities and is all pervasive in nature, the team supports all businesses and support functions, products, systems, management levels and geographies.

Assessment:

- Assess the robustness of the IT security of the business & identify gaps

- Policies- Design & monitor IT security policies & processes to increase secure working and data protection

- IT security Services Management- Ensure 100% adherence to IT security policies & procedures

- Project Management-Ensure quality & timelines are adhered to for all IT security projects

- Process & Knowledge improvement -Contribute to the company knowledge base and process improvements

- Team Management - Recruit, train, & motivating team members

- Vendor Management-Effectively manage vendors to get the desired output/service from them

- Third Party Risk Management

- Data & Cloud Security

- Information Security Governance & Business

Continuity:

- Regulatory Audits & Compliance

- Information Security Awareness

- SOC monitoring