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.
