Head of Information Security and Cyber Risk

2 weeks ago


City of London Greater London, United Kingdom Page Executive Full time

A leading global re/insurance group comprising distinct businesses covering various Insurance and Reinsurance service offerings across a well-established international customer base. This is a highly compelling Insurance brand with a rich history and deep expertise operating across Lloyd's, UK, European and global markets. This role sits within their successful and growing reinsurance business with a syndicate in the Lloyd's of London market supporting a diverse client portfolio with complex re/insurance needs.
The Head of Information Security & Cyber risk plays a pivotal role in bridging the gap between business objectives, cybersecurity and data protection strategy focusing on excellence in protecting, detecting, resolving, mitigating, recovering and learning from potential security exposures.


Direct, embed Information Security and Data Protection Strategy:
~ Assess and set the strategy to achieve and maintain appropriate infoSec practices, controls, resilience, risk identification and responses across Tech and Data

~ Define and execute the cyber strategy, prioritising short, medium and long-term investment considering resilience and risk factors

~ Work with stakeholders to assess impact of new projects, solutions, partnerships and regulations to security and data protection posture and support implementation

~ Lead and collaborate across the group to ensure uniformity in cybersecurity policies and practices


Lead on horizon scanning for security threats, vulnerabilities and mitigations across the estate and data
Lead cyber and Data Protection testing for compliance and vulnerability aligning to operational resilience, continuity management and other reg requirements
Ensure security content training initiatives are conducted regularly and communicated effectively
Develop standards and assess risks of third-party relationships on posture and data protection, advising and monitoring

Work with the business to incorporate security-by-design principles into projects, architecture, infrastructure, and applications.
Collaborate to establish and embed infoSec and data protection standards, resilience, response and recovery capabilities to improve posture within risk tolerances
Looking for a proven and forward-thinking Information Security leader who has demonstrable experience leading on development of cyber security and data protection maturity within global, complex and highly regulated organisations. Experience in financial services and preferably Insurance/ Lloyd's market
Knowledge of national and global cybersecurity policies, regulations, and frameworks.
Expertise in data protection practices, third party assessment and operational resilience
Expertise in complex regulatory and contractual requirements and an ability to create effective compliance systems
Extensive experience in cybersecurity technology project management and actively promotes and manages security change throughout an organisation
Familiar with vendor security risk and data protection reviews and controls
Experience in building response and recovery capabilities.
Opportunity to join a leading global re/insurance firm in this Head of Information Security & Cyber risk role:
Competitive Basic Salary
Performance Related Discretionary Bonus
Flexible and Rewarding Pension
Hybrid Working in premium London, City office #J-18808-Ljbffr



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