Head of Information Security

1 week ago

London, United Kingdom Sanderson Full time

**Head of Information Security**

**Permanent**

**Flexible working - ideally happy to get to London office once a month**

Are you currently in a senior leadership role in Information Security looking for a step up into a 'Head of,' security role? My client a small insurance provider based in the City are actively looking for someone to drive and build out their security capabilityfrom the ground up. Ideally you will have worked in a similar environment previously as this is a fairly greenfield role and will cover all areas of security from alignment to NIST/ ISO27001 through to managing third party suppliers etc.
- Proven experience in a similar Infosec Manager or CISO position within a mid/large sized organisation, preferably in the Financial Services sector (or other heavily regulated sector)
- Subject matter expert with insight in information security and risk management, operational resilience and identity and access management
- Demonstrable experience contributing to or running security education programmes across IT teams and across wider business groups
- Demonstrable ability to balance and prioritise security requirements with business objectives and financial constraints
- Ensuring that Risk is fully understood by the Board and funding heads ensuring accepted risks are well documented, communicated and managed.
- Experience maintaining Regulated industry standards - exposure to NIST framework and operating with PRA would be preferred. Knowledge of current IT Security standards regulations such as ISO27001, SOX, NIST
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations within the UK Insurance and FS market
- Working with outsourced service provider ensuring value and efficient service
- Strong security foundation knowledge and practices in identity and access management, authentication, authorization, crypto, protocol security, perimeter security, OS hardening, threat intel, vulnerability assessment and penetration testing
- Good understanding of new and emerging IT technologies and architectures in a corporate environment and proven ability to develop programs that meet regulatory and compliance standards
- A strong collaborator: excellent relationship building and communication skills with the ability to engage people from diverse cultures and different levels.
- Able to work on own initiative whilst ensuring key stakeholders are on board and understand the journey.
- Able to adapt and respond to changing corporate objectives as opportunities open up
- Ability to articulate IT security and technical issues in a clear and concise manner to non-tech leadership teams and senior executives
- Comfortable and proven experience in facilitating cultural and process change through whole organisations to ensure that IT Security procedures are lived day to day across all employees in the business

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