Security Audit Assistant

Maritime & Coastguard Agency ,
Southampton, Hampshire
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Salary: £25,638 per annum plus excellent benefits

Overview

Do you have experienced of Security Audit in the IT industry? Are you looking for that role which allows you to make a real difference? If so, we would love to hear from you The Maritime & Coastguard Agency has started an ambitious IT transformation programme that will deliver improved capability across an expanded IT workforce. We seek to improve all technology services whilst supporting the wider business on its own transformation requirements and ensuring IT aligns to their needs. We are looking for a Security Audit Assistant to operate within our Southampton based MCA team. You will undertake monitoring of the MCA’s compliance with government and security requirements for IA. You will gather, record and monitor IA risks across all assets including people, technology, physical and information, equipment and third parties. Develop and assist in the maintenance of the MCA’s security policies and procedures. You will support activities ensuring cyber security controls are implemented and aligned with industry good security practice and the set of policies and procedures defined by the ISMS. This role provides you with a phenomenal opportunity to influence key IT functions at the MCA, helping to craft and build an environment that makes a real difference for the UK public. Roles Responsibilities include and not limited to: Ensure ISMS policies and procedures and supporting documentation are kept up to date maintaining a framework that helps senior leaders to understand the security culture of the MCA across all asset types, aligned with the HMG Security Policy Framework. Assist in the coordination of internal and external security audit reviews, carrying out administrative tasks including coordinating and supporting meetings with stakeholders and recording compliance activities for completed actions, reducing risks and vulnerabilities as well as improving ISMS policies & procedures, guidance and processes. Evaluate ISMS implementation, developing indicators to measure successes, including establishing and handling compliance activities and schedules. Supporting the Security Audit Manager by identifying, gathering and assessing ISMS risks and ISMS non-conformities, ensuring that they are proactively resolved in good time. Support the IA management in ownership of IA risks and issues, ensuring that they are proactively resolved in good time. Please see the attached Role Profile for an in-depth view of the post. You will operate to a normal weekday working pattern consisting of a 7.4 hour working day and over the course of a year you will work 1931 net conditioned hours. You will sometimes be required to occasionally work outside of normal conditioned hours, and to work/travel on official duty within the UK and short-term visits overseas. About You You will also have experience in and be proficient in the following areas: An understanding of developing information security policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines. Experience in risk management including analysing and evaluating data through investigations and stakeholder engagement to identify risks and/or benefits to make decisions or recommendations at the appropriate level. Superb interpersonal skills both verbal and written. Evidence in developing relationships with stakeholders, collaborating across multiple internal teams and building effective relationships to handle compliance in data and digital security. An understanding of the accurate processes for the handling of government and public data and information in alignment to legal, regulatory and MCA security requirements. This job was originally posted as www.cwjobs.co.uk/job/89870738

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