Lead - Cybersecurity Risk & Compliance

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The Cybersecurity Risk & Compliance function is responsible for evaluating security and compliance risks within the organization. They set up security benchmarks, verify adherence to these standards across all internal sectors, and promote a culture of information security throughout the company.

As a Lead in our Cybersecurity Risk and Compliance team, you'll play a pivotal role in fortifying our security measures, leveraging your expertise in various technologies and frameworks. This position demands a proactive approach to risk management, security, automation, and strategic collaboration with diverse stakeholders to elevate our security standards.

Role Expectation

• Drive the day-to-day activities about policy governance, control governance, risk, and compliance initiatives.

• Enumerate cyber security and compliance risks and ensure they are managed appropriately across the products and business functions; Ensure the Product/ Functional team takes prudent risk ownership through active partnership and collaboration.

• Design and oversee the enforcement of policies and procedures based on industry-standard best practices.

• Provide contextual guidance to various internal teams in terms of processes and controls to improve the information security and compliance posture.

• Certify the readiness of the identified security frameworks and certifications by identifying & operationalizing the control requirements.

• Responsible for reviewing and reporting the operating effectiveness of the controls and risk/loss exposure.

• Drive continuous monitoring initiatives for the developed controls and develop reporting metrics, dashboards, and evidence artifacts periodically to be presented to the Leadership.

• Drive security awareness program throughout the year to effectively motivate desired behaviors & conduct regular training on security policy and standard requirements through training, communication, and workshops.

• Be a role model for the team and provide a healthy platform for the team to learn and grow.

• Stay abreast of the developing regulatory concerns and changing information security trends

• 8-10 years of experience in the Risk & Compliance space, viz. Risk enumeration, defining security standards, and managing information security processes.

• Work experience or conceptual understanding of the AWS cloud platform to define controls for the cloud environment and suggest best practices.

• Working experience or conceptual understanding of the FAIR methodology risk assessments or Quantified risk assessments.

• Have a deep understanding of security control frameworks such as ISO27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 1/2, NIST Cyber Security Framework, NIST800-171, and the Cloud Compliance Framework.

• Security certifications like CISA, CISSP, CRISC, and cloud security certifications will be highly desired.

• Ability to gather, analyze, and evaluate facts and to prepare and present concise, detailed, and clear oral and written reports.

• Ability to build relationships, influence others, instill accountability, and achieve results.

• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment taking up multiple responsibilities.

• Excellent problem-solving, interpersonal, and communication skills.

• Be a team player and a go-getter and thrive for success.

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