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Job Description

Old Mutual Insure is looking for a passionate Senior Specialist: Cyber Security. Responsibilities will include security by design, including asset & application security, vulnerability management, security testing, and Email security. You will be assisting the security team to ensure the organization has oversight on security risks and monitoring strategies in place to prevent, detect and quickly respond to attacks, and contain any business or customer impact. The role holder will collaborate with the Senior Security Architect and End point Security team for the scoping of requirements, incident response, and adherence to any necessary protocols, regulatory, or legal cyber security requirements.

You would

Analyze security architecture for projects globally in alignment with the OML/OMI polices and standards as well as develop privacy design architecture for Old Mutual Insure.Advise on solutions that balance business requirements with information security requirements.Identify security design gaps in existing and proposed architectures and recommend changes or enhancements across Old Mutual Insure.Identify and communicate current and emerging security threats.Assist Management with strategic collection of sources of cyber threat intelligence, analysis and threat management thereofConducting situational awareness based on intelligence and threat information, and formulating and reporting an operational view of the external environmentConduct in-depth information security reviews and assessments of new and/or existing systems, applications and/or programs and design solutions or recommendations for the remediation or mitigation of risks or insecure design.Review, provide input, and approve solution designs from an information security perspective.Manage the information security products and support vendors.Provide insight as the information security subject matter expert in compliance projects.Assist Management with the Information security program and plan: define, implement, and enforce information security policiesCybersecurity compliance: ensure that controls are adequate to meet security requirements.Continuously maintain inventories of software and application assetsAssist Management to Define, implement, assess, and maintain controls necessary to protect software and applications in accordance with security requirementsManage configurations and changes for software and applicationsDesignate, priorities, and categorize information and critical assets (Crown Jewels)

Experience, knowledge & skills required:

5 - 8 years relevant industry experience within the financial services/insurance sector in Cyber Security.Degree/Honors in Information Systems or Information Technology (Essential)Knowledge of Information Security and IT RiskRecognized professional industry certification(s) such as CISSP, ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security, CEH, CISM, CRISC, CDPSE, CCSP, CSSLP.Knowledge of Information Security Standards and Frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO27001/2Knowledge of Secure Software Development Lifecycles and agile ways of workingKnowledge of Vulnerability ManagementKnowledge of email security: in technologies like Mimecast, Sendmarc, MDOKnowledge of Data Loss Prevention (DLP) e.g. VaronisKnowledge of Cloud Computing Platforms such as AWS

The Recruitment process:

TA Interview: This will be a discussion with a member of the TA Team to give you an understanding of our business, our culture & values and more context on the role. It will also allow up the opportunity to get to know you a little better, and ensure OMI can meet your needsPanel Interview: This will be with members of the senior leadership teamTechnical & Psychometric Assessments: These will depend on the role and will sometimes happen concurrently with MIE & Internal VerificationFinal Feedback

All About OMI:

https://www.oldmutual.co.za/about/old-mutual-insure/

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Skills

Education

Bachelor Commerce: Information Technology And Computer Science: Information Technology Management (Required)

Closing Date

21 November 2024

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

Old Mutual Limited is pro-vaccination and encourages its workforce to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

All prospective employees are required to disclose their vaccination status as part of the recruitment process.

Please refer to the Old Mutual’s Covid-19 vaccination policy for further detail. Kindly note that Old Mutual reserves the right to reinstate the requirement to vaccinate at any point if it is of the view that it is imperative to do so.

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