Head of Security

3 weeks ago


West Midlands, United Kingdom Health and Safety Executive Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 250355**Salary**:

- £65,387 - £72,857**Job grade**:

- Grade 6- Band 1**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HSE - Information Technology & Facilities Division (ITF)**Type of role**:

- Digital
- Information Technology
- Security**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- East Midlands (England), East of England, North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the HumberAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Technology, data, and digital services underpins everything that HSE does. We are a knowledge organisation, with a wealth of experience in keeping people safe. It is the responsibility of the Information, Technology and Facilities Division to ensure that everyone in the organisation can access our data and information, to share it and to use it to make effective decisions. We support over 3000 colleagues working in a hybrid style at home and in 26 offices across Great Britain. Our services keep inspectors functioning effectively and efficiently on industrial sites nationwide, from oil platforms in the North Sea to our deepest mines and quarries.

We strive to constantly improve the technologies and services supporting the organisation. Our end user computing devices are leading edge, and we are making significant progress in delivering new cloud-based services. Our service management and information management services are very highly regarded within the organisation and pride themselves on excellent customer service. Our commercial team has built strong relationships with suppliers and our project management team is embedded in our corporate change programme, transforming the older legacy systems that have underpinned the organisation for a long time.

We are a learning team, and everyone is encouraged to undertake training, development and courses that will keep them and the team current and excited by new opportunities. The team works well because everyone’s contributions and ideas are listened to and valued, and we can only grow and improve, if there is an enthusiasm to explore our disciplines and try new ways of working.

**About the HSE Security Function and Profession**

HSE’s Security function and security professionals are distributed across the organisation, ensuring that HSE’s people, information, technologies, and assets are safe and adequately protected. A strong cyber security capability works alongside other government departments to keep HSE information services protected, and controls are constantly being improved as threats have evolved. The Head of Security and small support team, ensure that that the function and profession operates in a coordinated fashion, promoting compliance to government and international standards and encouraging continuous improvement.

**Job description**:
As Head of Security, you will establish an appropriate security culture in HSE, mitigating security risks and provide assurances that security controls are effective.

You will:

- Provide assurance to the Accounting Officer and the Senior Information Risk Owner that HSE’s security risks have been appropriately mitigated and threats controlled.
- Support the Board and Executive Committee with security guidance on threats, vulnerabilities, and means to control risks.
- Provide assurance and guidance to all Divisional Directors on operational security risks, threats, vulnerabilities, and controls.
- Lead and manage the Security Team and the security profession in delivering advice, guidance, direction and assurance in all security activities.
- Lead the investigation of all security breaches, identifying root causes and providing recommendations to remediate.
- Develop and manage the security risk register, that allows Senior Responsible Officers to control and mitigate the HSE’s security risks.
- Liaise with Cabinet Office, Other Government Departments, CPNI and the National Technical Authority to develop awareness within HSE of Threats, Controls and the exploitation of vulnerabilities.
- Commission, monitor and assure the regular assessment of personnel, technical, physical and cyber security controls and the remediation of vulnerabilities.
- Commission the regularly assessment the maturity of HSE against the Information Assurance Maturity Model (IAMM) and develop action plans to assist the HSE in developing an appropriate information assurance culture.
- Deliver Security Incident Management, controlling incidents and escalating as required.
- Deliver Business Continuity training and guidance and assurance that Business Continuity Plans appropriate mitigate the risks of asset loss.
- Develop the framework of security strategies, policies, procedures and standards required by the HSE and commission their production by S



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