Director Security Full-time Job

Responsibilities

Risk Management

• Implement risk management processes and capability to enable continuous monitoring of control effectiveness and key risk indicators.

• Identify, assess, and prioritize security risks associated with the group's Information assets, systems, and services.

• Develop and implement security risk mitigation strategies and control measures to protect critical assets and sensitive information.

• Evaluate and manage cybersecurity risks associated with third-party vendors and service providers.

• Collaborate with procurement and legal teams to ensure that vendor contracts include appropriate security requirements.

Policy & Compliance Management

• Govern compliance with information security policies, standards, and procedures aligned to security strategy, relevant regulations, and industry best practices.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, service providers and other stakeholders to ensure consistent enforcement of policies and controls and monitor compliance.

• Ensure the organization's adherence to applicable compliance frameworks, internal control framework and guidelines set out by the Information Security department.

• Facilitate and lead governance and risk committee meetings to ensure consistent application of security standards and policies across all projects, technology platforms and services.

Security Audits and Assessments

• Manage security audit lifecycle and risk assessments and consistently work towards the improvement of overall security maturity of the organization.

• Prepare and present regular reports on security risk, compliance status, and security posture to senior management and relevant stakeholders.

Security Awareness and Training

• Manage effective education and awareness program for the group to promote a culture of security awareness and compliance.

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Master's degree preferred.

• Professional security management certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA or other similar credentials.

• Proven experience (7+ years) in a combination of Information Security Governance, Risk, Compliance, and technology-related roles.

• Solid understanding of common information security standards, frameworks, and regulations such as ISO/IEC 27001, Cloud Security Alliance, NIST, PCI/DSS and GDPR.

• Knowledge and understanding of the major cloud platforms, Ecommerce, Integration and Customer Technologies.

• An undertsanding of security technologies such as EDR, VM, DLP, IPS, Firewalls, DevSecOps, SIEM, etc.

• Experience in leading and motivating cross-functional teams to achieve tactical and strategic goals

• Exceptional problem-solving skills and a results-oriented mindset.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.

• Ability and experience to lead and develop teams

World Security is an award-winning, full-spectrum, security solutions provider. We deliver world-class security to major national assets of the UAE, such as DP World, UAE Regions Jebel Ali Port, Mina Rashid, Mina Al Hamriya, Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), National Industries Park (NIP), Dubai Auto Zone (DAZ), as well as comprehensive security solutions to businesses of international repute.
Our diverse portfolio includes clients from the industrial, commercial, hospitality, government sector, financial sectors etc. with bespoke security requirements, all served with expertise and professional excellence.