Security Assurance Officer

Security Assurance Officer

Location: UK Remote

Salary: £350 - £450 per day + Excellent Benefits

Job Type: 12 month contract (Inside IR35)

The Client:

Our client, a prominent organisation, collaborates with the NHS to empower researchers in discovering disease causes and developing innovative treatments, with a focus on prioritising patients and participants.

The Role:

You will enable them to rapidly implement a new and improved approach to third party security and ensure that they have performed adequate third party security assurance of all their existing third parties. You will also help the client mature their approach to third party security assurance and support security assurance of new suppliers.

Duties:

• Third Party Security Assurance.
• Work with 3rd parties to analyse complex information and be able to question this insightfully
• Tease out additional information and assess risk, auditing these suppliers and making recommendations based on your findings.
• Categorising existing suppliers based on criticality, risk, etc.
• Reviewing security certifications of third parties.
• Conducting security due-diligence on third parties.
• Helping establish regular reviews of the security of the client’s third parties

Requirements:

• Experience of complex and technical security assessments.
• Experience conducting third party security assurance.
• Knowledge of ISO 27001 and other commonly used security standards.
• Understanding of modern cloud technologies.
• Desire to be part of a small fast-paced team.
• Relevant certifications, such as: ISO 27001 Lead Auditor/Implementor, CISM, CISA, CISSP.

Apply now for this exceptional opportunity to work with a dynamic team and further enhance your career.

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Key Words: Security Assurance, 3rd party security, third party security, ISO27001, ISO 27001, CISM, CISA, CISSP, Audit