Information Security Specialist

2 months ago


Cumbernauld, United Kingdom William Grant & Sons Full time

**Job Introduction**:
Are you an Information Security Specialist who can work as part of a proactive team to prevent and react to security risks? Would you like to contribute to the continued success of the largest family-owned Whisky distillery in the Scotland, responsible for iconic brands including: Glenfiddich, The Balvenie, Hendricks Gin, and Reyka Vodka?

**Main Responsibility**:
As an Information Security specialist, you'll be at the heart of our Group Technology Services team, who ensure that William Grants & Sons have good practices and controls in place to protect our information and information systems. Using your experience and knowledge, you will engage with technical and non-technical stakeholders across the business to ensure that security risks are identified and managed in accordance with our Information Security policies.

Policy and Compliance
- Develop and enforce information security policies and procedures.
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and industry best practices.

Risk Assessment and Mitigation
- Conduct risk assessments to identify potential vulnerabilities and threats.
- Implement measures to mitigate identified risks and improve overall security posture.

Security Awareness and Training
- Provide security awareness training to staff and promote a security-conscious culture.
- Stay current with industry trends and emerging threats to continually enhance security protocols.

Security Audits and Testing
- Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments.
- Perform penetration testing to identify and address potential weaknesses in the system.

Collaboration and Communication
- Collaborate with IT and cross-functional teams to integrate security measures into projects and daily operations.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders, keeping them informed of security risks and mitigation strategies.

Information Security Project Engagement
- Engage with technical and non-technical projects to ensure that Information Security requirements are identified and met.
- Identify project risks and escalate where appropriate.

Risk Management
- Identify risks which come as a result of audits and engagement and where there is a non-compliance to the Information Security policies.
- Ensure that Information Security risks are managed and successfully tracked through to remediation working with the GTS Risk Manager.

Third Party Assurance
- Experience in vetting third parties to ensure that they meet William Grant & Sons Information Security expectations.
- Able to identify and interpret when third party assurance activities are required and feed into other processes such as DPIA's and risk assessments.
- Degree qualified in cyber security, computing science or relevant work experience in an IT or information security related role.
- Skilled in one or more of the following - Microsoft Office 365 configuration & troubleshooting - Microsoft Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection - Microsoft Windows Advanced Threat Protection - Microsoft Active Directory - Cisco internetworking including routers, switches and ASA series firewalls.
- Strong understanding of TCP/IP inter-networking and troubleshooting - Interpretation and Handling of Penetration Testing Exercises and Findings Experience of Windows 10 enterprise deployment and support, including appropriate support tools.
- Able to demonstrate a good understanding of common information security vulnerabilities, threats and controls.
- Experience in working with an Information Security policy framework and awareness of one or more of the more relevant Information Security frameworks such as NIST SP800-53, ISO27001 or CIS.
- CISSP, CISM, CRISC or other relevant security qualification desirable Comfortable with dealing with stakeholders at all levels within the business.
- Experienced in Information Security project engagement.
- Understands and can interpret Information Security policies and



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