Senior Cyber Security Advisor - BCT Resourcing : Job Details

Senior Cyber Security Advisor - Financial Services City of London£85,000 - £95,000 per annumCompany client partnered with an international general insurance and reinsurance group in their search for a Senior Cyber Security Advisor.The role pays up to £90,000 basic salary excluding bonuses, pension and extra benefits - and is based in the City on a hybrid basis.Our client's team provides significant planning, project management and internal and external consulting services to the broader insurance ecosystem.Our client seeks a Financial Services (ideally Insurance) savvy Cyber Security hire with experience of robust consultancy skills.This hire will predominantly:-* Provide technical IT security insight to underwriting team;* Assist in creation of roadmaps to deliver change in the Cyber class of business when strategic change or direction is required;* Represent the business at appropriate industry committees and conferences;* Support as the central point of contact for all major industry Cyber incidents;* Work with third parties to review and assess appropriate levels of security infrastructure that our clients should maintain;* Perform security risk assessments;* Technical input to help inform Cyber exposure management and modelling.It is likely the hire will carry a number of the below desirable experiences:-* Cyber Consultancy experience;* Technical knowledge of IT including networks, operating systems, databases, firewalls, anti-virus, and patch management;* Awareness of the Data Protection Act (and GDPR), NIST and PRA initiatives and the Governments Cyber Essentials programme;* Knowledge and experience of the security products available including intrusion detection, SIEM vulnerability assessment and encryption tools;* An understanding of UK insurance is desirable. #LI-PB1