security assurance

Role & responsibilities :

The IS Assurance Manager will support the IS Assurance Lead in managing day-to-day IS Assurance activities, ensuring effective execution, tracking, monitoring and reporting of security assurance, compliance, risk and governance activities. The role will coordinate with IT, IS, business and third-party stakeholders, maintain assurance evidence and trackers, identify gaps, follow up on remediation and support the IS Assurance Lead in sustaining security controls, compliance and risk posture.

trong understanding of Information Security Governance and Assurance. • Experience in security control assessment, compliance monitoring and risk tracking. • Understanding of VAPT, Red Teaming, vulnerability management and risk acceptance processes. • Understanding of third-party information security assessments and vendor governance. • Experience in policy, standard and procedure management. • Knowledge of security control testing and evidence-based assurance. • Understanding of NIST Cybersecurity Framework and security maturity concepts. • Experience in security awareness and cyber crisis/tabletop exercise coordination. • Strong analytical, documentation, stakeholder-management and reporting skills. • Ability to manage multiple assurance activities and drive closure through cross-functional coordination. • Good understanding of security governance automation/SOAR concepts would be advantageous.

Preferred candidate profile

Qualification: Graduate/Postgraduate in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cyber Security or related discipline. • Relevant professional certifications such as CISA, CISM, CRISC, ISO 27001, CISSP or equivalent would be preferred. • Experience: Typically 812 years of relevant experience in Information Security, Security Assurance, IT Risk, GRC, Cyber Security Governance or related areas.