Information Security Officer
Public Sector
£30,000 - £40,000 Basic Salary + Fantastic Benefits
Newbury
This opportunity is perfect for anyone who is serious about the protection of information for the benefit of the general public. Like with any public sector body, information is one of their biggest assets and the security of this information needs to be at the heart of their business.
I am looking for someone who is a highly motivated, self-starter with the ability to liaise with wider business functions in order to champion awareness of Cyber security threats and risks, develop and deliver information security training to staff as well as looking after Governance, Risk and Compliance (policies and procedures) whist maintaining, developing and managing the ISMS.
Key GRC duties for this role include:
- Respond to information security audit findings and recommendations, providing advice and action.
- Develop and put in place an accessible information security awareness and training programme.
- Maintain and improve compliance and risk reports.
- Maintain knowledge of security and security enhancing technologies.
- Update colleagues where appropriate on making changes, revising process, etc.
- Champion your programme of work with senior management.
Key Technical duties:
- Commissioning of external IT Health Check(s) / Penetration Testing
- Management of any remediation / security improvement work required for ongoing compliance with PSN Code of Connection
- Advise on information security aspects of all new ICT system implementations and change requests
- Management of GCSX/PSN Accounts and use of secure email connections to central government and public sector partners
- Ensure ICT Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity processes are aligned to business priorities
- Project management / coordination of information security related activities
- Maintain awareness of cyber-security threats and risks
- Monitoring and development of the cyber-security systems and controls in line with perceived risks
- Manage capital budget(s) associated with information security projects
- Assist with operation and management of ICT information security systems
Candidate Skills and Experience
The candidate successful must possess the following attributes and interests:
- Analytically minded with the ability to creatively resolve problems
- A strong interest in technology and Information Security
- Naturally inquisitive with the ability to deduce the root cause of problems
- Excellent verbal and written English.
Experienced candidates may have held the following job titles; Information Security Analyst, IT Security Analyst, Cyber Security Analyst, InfoSec Analyst, CyberSec Analyst, Cyber Assurance Analyst, Security Assurance Analyst, IT Assurance Specialist, IT Security Engineer, Cyber Security Engineer, Cyber Risk Analyst, Junior IT Security, Junior Cyber, Junior Information Security