Head of Cyber Security

3 weeks ago


Dundee, United Kingdom Sanderson Full time

**Head of Cyber Security**
- East Scotland based - can be mainly remote, however would like you to be able to get to their offices as and when required/ to meet and greet key stakeholders.
- £850-1000 (inside IR35)
- 3 months - to start early February

My client, a leading service provider in Scotland are actively looking for an experienced interim IT security leader to drive their security capability forward, whilst they hire a permanent incumbent for the role.

Within this position you will lead a team of 4 and face out internally and externally across all areas of security. The organisation has recently gone through their ISO27001 re-certification audit and are fully compliant. They are looking for an agile, dynamictechnology driven leader who can help them bolster their existing cyber products for their customer base as well and develop and refine new ones. This role will be a blend of supporting their internal security capability and the continued development of thatas well as working with the sales team to represent the cyber offering they have to their customers.

**The role/ Experience required**:

- Accountable for the development and implementation of the organisation's cyber security strategy and associated products and services.
- Accountable for internal SOC and managed security services.
- Accountable for our Information Security Management Programme ensuring
- continues to maintain ISO270001 and Cyber Essentials Plus accreditations as well as regulations such as UK Data Protection and EU GDPR regulations.
- Accountable for our information security management policies, processes and systems including the implementation and monitoring of all security controls.
- Leading the assessment of security events and the investigation of security incidents to protect the company and customer assets (e.g. facilities, data, network, server, access, people) while also protecting the organisation and their customer's reputation.
- Accountable for our proactive vulnerability monitoring service ensuring that all known vulnerabilities are addressed in line our vulnerability management policy.
- Actively manage and monitor relevant threat intelligence feeds and where required assess, analyse and act including disseminating intelligence in a timely manner to stakeholders.
- Accountable for planning and co-ordinating internal and third-party led security tests, assessments and audits of our information security policies, procedures and systems.
- Accountable for identifying, assessing, managing, remediating, and tracking information security risks through our risk management framework and ensuring key risks are reported through regular MI reporting and governance forums.
- Responsible for working closely with product management team to plan, build and introduce future security products and services which align with their service provision.
- Strong leadership and proven people management experience to lead a high performing cyber security team with a strong service culture.
- Expert knowledge of Information Security frameworks, supporting processes and toolsets plus will hold a relevant information security professional accreditation.
- Ideally a strong understanding of Microsoft Sentinel and Defender services and if not a strong desire to learn more about these services.
- Experience designing and leading the execution of cyber security exercises involving stakeholders across the business.


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