Cyber and Information Security Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Supervise and enhance the overall cybersecurity framework of the organization.

• Ensure that effective security strategies are established and maintained.

• Lead efforts in vulnerability management, focusing on the identification, analysis, and resolution of security risks.

• Conduct comprehensive risk assessments and formulate mitigation strategies.

• Develop and enforce cybersecurity policies while ensuring compliance with GDPR, PCI-DSS, SOC2, and other applicable standards.

• Create and implement disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.

• Assess and manage the company's cybersecurity insurance coverage.

• Oversee backup procedures for application code, databases, and cloud storage, including conducting restore simulations.

• Establish security measures for workstations, utilizing tools like SentinelOne XDR or similar, alongside hard disk encryption.

• Develop an asset inventory system to track company hardware and software.

• Monitor for and identify suspicious activities through weekly security assessments.

• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to integrate security protocols into company systems.

• Manage relationships with third-party vendors and evaluate their cybersecurity practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• A proactive mindset towards security, demonstrating strong ownership and initiative.

• Creative problem-solving skills.

• Exceptional communication and leadership abilities.

• Capacity to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical teams.

• Detail-oriented with the ability to identify vulnerabilities and manage associated risks.

• Previous experience in the FinTech sector or familiarity with security regulations specific to financial services is advantageous.

• Understanding of SentinelOne XDR or comparable workstation security solutions.

• Familiarity with hard disk encryption technologies.

• Knowledge of GDPR, PCI-DSS, SOC2, and other relevant compliance standards.

• Experience in disaster recovery and business continuity planning.

• Proficiency in backup management, restore simulations, asset inventory, vulnerability management, and conducting risk assessments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible working options.

• Opportunities for remote work.

• Continuous professional development and training opportunities.

• Chance to influence the cybersecurity strategy of a rapidly expanding FinTech organization.

• A collaborative and dynamic workplace culture where security is prioritized.

• Focused work environment with minimal meetings.

• An agile and cooperative working atmosphere.