Cyber Security Lead

Hybrid

Swindon, United kingdom

Freelance

12-03-2025

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Job Specifications

Cyber Security Lead - 3 month Contract (outside IR35)
Swindon - Hybrid

Our client is a Financial Services organisation with over 50 years experience within their sector. They have a contract opportunity within the Information Security Team for a Cyber Security Lead to support the strategy and direction of the information security roadmap.

Key Responsibilities
Developing and implementing an information security programme, with policies, standards and procedures designed to protect both internal and external threats based on priorities set.
Responsible for delivering and assuring the company’s key security controls whilst ensuring continuous improvement in response to changing security risks and threats.
Continue to develop, implement, and monitor a strategic and risk management program to ensure the integrity, confidentiality and availability of information owned, controlled, or processed by the company
Manage higher severity cyber incidents that are escalated from the Security Operations Centre Analysts. Take accountability for and lead the response to the most senior and complex security incidents. Pursue associated disciplinary and legal matters, liaising with the Data Protection Team on data protection legislation ensuring root causes of such breaches and understood and addressed
Influence users and stakeholders at all levels to achieve the timely resolution of incidents.
Conduct incident and investigation briefings, analysis, and reporting.
Identify and prioritise Incident and Security Service Requests. Bring incidents to successful conclusions through investigations.
Ensure the security toolsets used to provide security protection and analytics are appropriate and cost effective
Ensure security systems and controls are in place and working effectively, such as vulnerability management, cyber threat intelligence and security event logging
Work closely with the Security Architecture function to ensure systems are designed appropriately in line with security best practices
Oversee a security testing program to identify, prioritise and treat risk
Oversee a 1st line assurance program in the spirit of continuous improvement
Oversee both internal and external audits and ensure the quality of reports prepared by the team for assurance purposes
Be an expert in the field and work with other technology teams to embed security in day-to-day operations, designs, and implementations
Keep abreast of emerging threat types, active threats, and ways to protect our systems against these
Collaborating with the business to influence developments in the areas of legal, regulatory, contractual, and corporate requirements and strategy

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About the Company

Welcome to Broster Buchanan! At Broster Buchanan we solve our client's talent needs and support candidates in identifying opportunities that match their aspirations. Our team are genuine and authentic, operating with transparency and mutual respect across the UK, Europe, and North America. Our team are people driven, brave, future focused and real. We are innovative in our approach, to ensure we are always one step ahead so we can deliver the best service to all. We enable real-life connections in the constantly evolving ... Know more