Third Party Security Assessor

1 day ago


London, United Kingdom Willis Towers Watson Full time

As a Third Party Security Assessor you will be working across Willis Towers Watson, providing a range of information security assurance activities targeted at all third party companies we engage with. Operating on a global basis, you will audit suppliers,conduct risk assessments and provide detailed reporting.
This role resides in our Information & Cyber Security team within Corporate IT, reporting to the Head of Third Party Security Assurance, Information and Cyber Security. You will also be required to deputise for the Head of Third Party Security Assurance asrequired.
**The Role**:

- Follow full security third party framework and the associated lifecycle events.
- Managing the third-party control assessments.
- Identify security control gaps in line with WTW framework.
- Propose security requirements for mitigation or remediation.
- Highlight cyber risks linking to GRC, SRM and ERM frameworks.
- Produce final risk reports outlining relevant information and final risk.
- Ensure any appropriate policy exceptions are raised by the owner and validate relevant gaps covered and include a remediation plan with clearly defined implementation dates.
- Agree ongoing fortification and check points with owner to review evidence and review risk.
- Keep records and data bases updated at all times with necessary status and checkpoints.
- Ensure all necessary Third-Party data classifications, regulations and compliance needs are met and tracked.
- Use automated risk assessment tool.
- In parallel to Third Party control assessments, ensure third party contract is reviewed and includes security clauses / schedule as appropriate based on service provision.
- Support Business Service owners with third party contract negotiations.

**The Requirements**:

- Degree in a relevant Business or Information Technology area.
- Information Security specific qualification is desirable (such as CISM, CISSP, MInstISP)
- You will have a passion for your work, a strong desire to learn and a real love of information security - with an understanding of the positive impacts it can make to a business.
- Ability to assess security and business risks, analysing and presenting critical risks and potential remediation activities to all levels of management within the business.
- Experience of working within internal or external audit, either within a previous organisation or as part of a professional services firm is desirable.
- Experience managing a team of security, assurance, and/or compliance professionals.
- An ability to work across multiple business segments and contexts, and to understand that different teams will require different engagement approaches will be helpful.
- Effective communication and stakeholder management skills are a core requirement for this role.

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