Wipro - Head - IT Security (7-10 yrs)
Roles and Responsibilities -
- Lead and manage the identification and management of the Cyber Risks as well as ensuring IFC/ITGC and other Controls in the IS space
- Develop / adapt Policies, Standards and Guidelines available globally and rollout at WEL
- Responsible to ensure that WEL's Information Security maturity is benchmarked and programs are rolled out to ensure adequate protection against risks
- Ensure that the partners deliver key operational controls and all contracts have security/privacy clauses built-in
- Drive to improve the effectiveness of IT Security and Controls resulting into increase in performance of the business processes.
- Jointly work with the extended team from WEL IT as well as outsourced partners to achieve the business goals
- Display leadership in terms of Customer Focus, Accountability, Bias for Action, Stake Holder Management are very crucial to role.
- Responsible for application security, Governance and Compliance
- Responsible for remediating any control deficiencies uncovered during compliance assessments and testing
- Monitor the internal security controls to ensure that appropriate compliance are maintained
- Perform cyber-risk assessments and testing to evaluate compliance with various regulatory requirements
- Responsible for Initiating and advocating safe practices and Industry standards
- Design and deployment of a company wide security awareness program and ensure adoption within the organization
- Prepare dashboards and reports and report it to all the concerned stakeholders
Role requirements -
- MBA (preferably with a BE/BTech & Security Certifications) from a reputed institute
- 7 - 10 years of working experience in IT Security Consulting / Implementation; Managing Security in a global organisation
- Information security protocols and standards
- Knowledge of Technology infrastructure
- Knowledge of regulatory and audit requirements
- Knowledge of business processes
- Ability to read, analyse and interpret technical procedures, common business periodicals, financial reports and documents
- Proficiency to effectively present information and respond to queries of senior management, business counterparts and cross-functional teams
- Expertise to deal with numbers and business data and apply principles of logic or scientific thinking to a wide range of business and practical problems