Ddat - Head of Cyber Security

1 week ago

London, United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Full time

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

- 354800**Salary**:

- £67,820- This post is eligible for a Digital Skills Allowance of up to £18,000 per annum.- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Grade 6- B1**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Strategic Command**Type of role**:

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

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

- 1Contents

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- MoD Main Building, LondonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
DI is a complex organisation providing assured products and analysis to customers within MOD and across government. We rely on a large and complex estate of customised and specialist systems to do this. The security and assurance of these is critical to delivering DI’s outputs.

This is a newly created post working closely with the new DI CIO to build and deliver an information and cyber security function across DI. The role will have a diverse scope, looking at both our current systems and how we secure new systems as we move to cloud and new enterprise platforms.

In Defence Intelligence (DI) our people solve problems, create understanding and give perspective to the diverse and complex Defence threats and challenges in a rapidly changing world. Together, our civilians and military personnel inform decision making in Defence, handle complex finance programmes and develop new technology.

In DI we believe your unique experiences, views and understanding of the world could provide a vital perspective and contribution to our work. We recognise that great minds do not think alike and are striving to increase our diversity representation at all levels. As an equal opportunities employer we hire, train and promote people based on merit and inspire to create an inclusive workplace free of discrimination. We also offer flexible working arrangements such as flexitime, job share and compressed hours.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
The DI Head of Cyber Security is responsible for understanding and managing Cyber and Security risk across DI. Working across MOD and with Partners they will ensure that DI’s Cyber and Information Security Risk is well handled to maximise the data and information that can be shared in support of DI’s mission.

This will include developing a robust Governance, Risk and Compliance Framework for managing cyber risk, supporting the development of Secure by Design architectures, managing residual information security risk and risk on legacy systems, as well as working closely with Defence Digital to respond to cyber security incidents.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape and transform the way services are secured, developing the capability to protect data, demonstrating and sharing best practices within and outside the organisation.

**Person specification**:

- Has a strong understanding of cyber and information security.
- Understands the threat landscape for mission critical systems and the unique risks that they are exposed to.
- Has good technical knowledge of a variety of systems and technology to enable them to provide advice on Secure by Design architectures and to provide advice on balancing information risk and operational need.
- Can form strong partnerships across MOD and Partners to maintain confidence in DI’s cyber security posture and respond to changing requirements.

Will work closely with Defence Digital Cyber Defence to ensure the Defence cyber resilience strategy is embedded within DI.

**Responsibilities**
- Responsible for developing and maintaining a robust cyber security policy and direction across DI. Acting as a focal point for cyber audit and assurance activities across the HLB.
- Act as the functional lead for Information and Cyber assurance and security advising senior leaders on information risk.
- Work with DI CIO, and senior leaders to define and maintain DI’s appetite for Cyber Risk. Ensure this is appropriately reflected in existing and planned capability.
- Lead the analysis and definition of cyber security risks through DI, in accordance with the DI and UK Strategic Command Security Risk Management (SRM) framework.
- Provide technical input and assurance to both new and legacy capabilities, ensuring that they meet the Department’s Secure by Design Standards.
- Actively participate in a community of cyber defence professionals across DI, Partners and Government to ensure our information is robust protected and risk is well managed as threats evolve.
- Maintain a thorough understanding of the evolving cyber threat picture, particularly as it pertains to DI. Ensure that the information risk picture is continually updated in response.

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