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Senior Cyber Security Advisor - Financial Services

Oliver James
Posted 7 days ago, valid for 17 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Salary

£80,000 - £96,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • Oliver James is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Advisor for an international general insurance and reinsurance group.
  • The position offers a salary of up to £90,000, excluding bonuses, pension, and additional benefits, and is based in the City on a hybrid basis.
  • The ideal candidate should have experience in financial services, preferably in insurance, and possess robust consultancy skills.
  • Responsibilities include providing technical IT security insights, assisting in strategic changes within the Cyber class of business, and performing security risk assessments.
  • Desirable experiences include cyber consultancy, technical IT knowledge, and familiarity with relevant regulations and security products.

Oliver James is partnered with an international general insurance and reinsurance group in their search for a Senior Cyber Security Advisor.

The role pays up to £90,000 basic salary excluding bonuses, pension and extra benefits - and is based in the City on a hybrid basis.

Oliver James is partnered with an international general insurance and reinsurance group in their search for a Senior Cyber Security Advisor.

The role pays up to £90,000 basic salary excluding bonuses, pension and extra benefits - and is based in the City on a hybrid basis.

Our client's team provides significant planning, project management and internal and external consulting services to the broader insurance ecosystem.

Our client seeks a Financial Services (ideally Insurance) savvy Cyber Security hire with experience of robust consultancy skills.

This hire will predominantly:-

  • Provide technical IT security insight to underwriting team;
  • Assist in creation of roadmaps to deliver change in the Cyber class of business when strategic change or direction is required;
  • Represent the business at appropriate industry committees and conferences;
  • Support as the central point of contact for all major industry Cyber incidents;
  • Work with third parties to review and assess appropriate levels of security infrastructure that our clients should maintain;
  • Perform security risk assessments;
  • Technical input to help inform Cyber exposure management and modelling.

It is likely the hire will carry a number of the below desirable experiences:-

  • Cyber Consultancy experience;
  • Technical knowledge of IT including networks, operating systems, databases, firewalls, anti-virus, and patch management;
  • Awareness of the Data Protection Act (and GDPR), NIST and PRA initiatives and the Governments Cyber Essentials programme;
  • Knowledge and experience of the security products available including intrusion detection, SIEM vulnerability assessment and encryption tools;
  • An understanding of UK insurance is desirable.

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