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Assistant Head of Cyber Security
| Posting date: | 19 December 2024 |
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| Salary: | £59,690 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 January 2025 |
| Location: | Northwood, North West London |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Defence |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 382937 |
Summary
In this role, you’ll also be responsible for coordinating and driving system remediation activity to systems outside of the risk appetite and to manage incident response procedures and investigations of cyber security events or incidents. You will be responsible for ensuring the incident is contained and lead remediation activity, identify potential process improvements, and maintain organisational readiness through preparedness exercises.
You’ll lead a growing team, developing the core skills and expertise so that they can develop and maintain a wider understanding of cyber security and capabilities across complex and challenging environments.
Responsibilities include:
Lead, drive and manage the incident response strategy and transformation plan for UKSC across all business units.
Act as a subject matter expert and advisor for cyber security matters.
Support cyber security agenda items at UKSC meetings and individual business unit leadership team meetings as required.
Position the cyber security threat for all UKSC business units liaising with Defence Intelligence.
Manage & cohere UKSC incident response exercises and scoping, design and governance of threat-hunting activity.
Communicate the significance of the results of investigations and risk mitigation outcomes, guiding UKSC in the improvement and maintenance of a robust response to new threats and attack vectors.
Manage post-incident review, including root cause analysis, to feedback information and to improve monitoring.
Provide specialist, tailored advice on mitigation, handling escalations with risk and service owners as appropriate.
Liaise with Defence Cyber Defence team and execute strategic taskings including Critical National Infrastructure, supply chain security and support into the cyber security military taskforce.
Lead cyber security exercising programme for UKSC.
Share subject matter expertise and support stakeholders across UKSC.
Line management of several direct reports within the team; resource management across the team, ensuring that the relevant workload is delivered as agreed.
Support the development of mechanisms to drive continuous improvement and encourage the sharing of best practice. Maintain close liaison with key stakeholders in Defence Digital, Defence Security & Resilience and wider MOD.
Deputise for the Chief Information Security Officer when required.
You’ll lead a growing team, developing the core skills and expertise so that they can develop and maintain a wider understanding of cyber security and capabilities across complex and challenging environments.
Responsibilities include:
Lead, drive and manage the incident response strategy and transformation plan for UKSC across all business units.
Act as a subject matter expert and advisor for cyber security matters.
Support cyber security agenda items at UKSC meetings and individual business unit leadership team meetings as required.
Position the cyber security threat for all UKSC business units liaising with Defence Intelligence.
Manage & cohere UKSC incident response exercises and scoping, design and governance of threat-hunting activity.
Communicate the significance of the results of investigations and risk mitigation outcomes, guiding UKSC in the improvement and maintenance of a robust response to new threats and attack vectors.
Manage post-incident review, including root cause analysis, to feedback information and to improve monitoring.
Provide specialist, tailored advice on mitigation, handling escalations with risk and service owners as appropriate.
Liaise with Defence Cyber Defence team and execute strategic taskings including Critical National Infrastructure, supply chain security and support into the cyber security military taskforce.
Lead cyber security exercising programme for UKSC.
Share subject matter expertise and support stakeholders across UKSC.
Line management of several direct reports within the team; resource management across the team, ensuring that the relevant workload is delivered as agreed.
Support the development of mechanisms to drive continuous improvement and encourage the sharing of best practice. Maintain close liaison with key stakeholders in Defence Digital, Defence Security & Resilience and wider MOD.
Deputise for the Chief Information Security Officer when required.