director, cyber security & information security | grc | ciso.

• Decision Making / Designing of Security roadmap
• Heavy investments in security and strong support from business stakeholders

About the companyOur client is a multi billion company who is a market leader (Close to 20 years of experience) within their area of specialization. As part of their plan to invest in technology, they are now hiring Head of Security & Information Security to be based here in Singapore. About the jobYour responsibility includes:

• Designing and leading the cyber security strategy. This includes Prevention (Firewall, DLP and etc) ,Threat Detection (internal sensors in place such as IDS, SIEM and etc) and response (Incidence response).
• Providing advisory and solutioning on new security threats and vulnerabilities. This includes vulnerability assessments and conducting security reviews of IT systems, network and core applications.
• Enhancing early detection capability – This is through leveraging internal security data (Performing analysis of forensic evidence, log data, compromised hosts, and network traffic) and external sources (Industry portals and etc) to identify existing gaps in security control and close the gaps.
• Conducting information security incident investigations, and propose corrective and preventive measures.
• Leading a Cyber security (external partners) team to manage end-to-end process across Cyber Security, IT Governance and IT Risk
• Overseeing the development and execution of corporate security awareness and training programs
• Designing IT Security framework to ensure the availability, integrity and confidentiality of IT systems
• Reviewing the security roadmap, ensuring that the strategy is in line with the current cyber security landscape
• Monitoring compliance, keep abreast of legislative and regulatory trends to address potential impact and non-compliance/gaps
• Designing processes to identify, improve and optimize IT risk management policies/practices. (Company is undergoing major IT implementation and system upgrades which will create new potential IT risk to the company)

Skills and experience required

As a successful applicant, You should have at least 8 years of experience in Cyber Security across prevention, detection, response. At least 3 years of experience as an overall head of IT security and GRC. Proven track record of managing a lean security team with a large base of external vendors will be highly preferred. Proven track record of engagement with C-level business stakeholder is required. Candidates with technical hands in both cyber security and information security will be highly preferred Whats on offer

This position is a great opportunity to join a commercial client with leadership responsibilities across Cyber Security and GRC. You will be empowered with key decision making authority with exposure to senior business stakeholders. To apply online please use the 'apply' function, alternatively you can reach me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/hoonteck-nologyrecruitment. (EA: 94C3609/ R1219669)