Scottish Government Recruitment
Security and Information Risk Advisor
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Are you ready to drive effective information security risk management for a vital public service? Join us as a Security and Information Risk Advisor within our Digital Risk & Security branch, where your expertise will guide our commitment to protecting Social Security Scotland. If you are passionate about cyber security and have a keen interest in safeguarding critical information, apply now to join our talented team and take the next step in your career.
As a Security and Information Risk Advisor, you will play a pivotal role in providing advice and guidance on the effective specification, implementation, and operation of cyber security controls. Collaborating closely with various stakeholders, you will conduct security risk assessments, investigate major breaches, and contribute to the development of information security policies, standards, and guidelines. This is a key technical position within Digital Risk & Security, focusing on ensuring compliance with legislation, regulation, and relevant standards.
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- Provide advice and guidance on security strategies to manage identified risks and ensure adoption and adherence to standards.
- Obtain and act on vulnerability information and conduct security risk assessments and business impact analyses on complex information systems.
- Investigate major security breaches and recommend appropriate control improvements.
- Contribute to development of information security policy, standards and guidelines.
- Interpret information assurance and security policies and apply these to manage risks.
- Use control testing information to support information assurance assessments.
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