Cyber Incident Co-ordinator
| Posting date: | 12 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £34,350 per year |
| Additional salary information: | In addition to the salary, candidates with exceptional skills and experience may be eligible for a Recruitment and Retention Allowance of up to £5,000 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 September 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 364813/1 |
Summary
The Cyber Incident Co-ordinator manages the response to, and investigation of, security events or incidents. Incident Management colleagues must contain and remediate those incidents, identify potential process improvements, and maintain organisational readiness through preparedness exercises. Response also advises product and service owners of potential mitigations.
If you're interested in finding out more, we are holding a Home Office Cyber Security candidate information event on 17th September. You will find out about working for the organisation, hear from staff on their experiences working in Home Office Cyber Security Roles and learn more about our recruitment process. Please register here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cybersecurity-drop-in-event
As the Cyber Incident Co-ordinator, your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting and assisting co-ordination of cyber security incidents, directing effective and timely management activities through a structured approach.
- Working with stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement in technical controls, tooling, and processes to more effectively resolve future cyber security incidents.
- Ensuring documented response actions, observations, intelligence, and any potential evidence. Producing detailed, accurate and clearly written reports for a variety of stakeholders.
- Co-ordinating and managing relationships with stakeholders to ensure clear and effective lines of communication across the organisation, its suppliers, partner agencies, and regulators.
- Assisting in ensuring response policies and processes meet departmental needs in line with appropriate standards. Helping to provide standardised advice on mitigation, escalating where appropriate.
- Helping to conduct incident response exercises. Communicating the results of investigations, supporting the team to improve and maintain a robust response to threats and attack vectors. Assisting in conducting post-incident review.
The successful candidate will be located in the Soapworks, Manchester regional office. Under Home Office hybrid working practices there is an expectation that you will attend the office for a minimum of 60% of your working hours.
Due to the nature of the role, this post is available on a full-time basis only.