AVP- Security Incident Management (UAE National)
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The AVP, Security Incident Management will lead the incident response team within the Cyber Defense Center, ensuring timely and effective handling of security incidents.
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Overview
- The AVP, Security Incident Management will lead the incident response team within the Cyber Defense Center, ensuring timely and effective handling of security incidents.
- This/her role involves coordinating with various stakeholders, managing incident response processes, investigation, analysis, containment, recovery, communication, and reporting.
- Also continuously improving the organization’s incident management capabilities and meeting the compliance requirements.
- The Incident Manager plays a vital role in safeguarding the organization’s digital assets and maintaining its cybersecurity posture
- Alignment with Business Priorities: Ensure alignment with organizational goals and objectives
- Ownership and Accountability: Incident Manager takes full responsibility for the activities and the department’s, holding self and the team accountable for their outcomes.
- Driving Incident Response Maturity Enhancement: Proactively drives initiatives that enhance incident response and resilient cyber posture. Focus on Outputs and Impact: Focus on delivering outputs that create meaningful impact such as enhanced security culture and protection posture of the bank.
- Innovation and Automation: Continuously seek innovative solutions and automated processes for efficiency.
- Continuous Learning and Improvement: Committed to learning from experiences and continuously improving relevant processes and outcomes.
- Incident Analysis: Quickly analyzing incidents to understand their root causes is essential. This involves gathering data, identifying patterns, and determining the impact on systems and users.
- Critical Thinking: The ability to think critically and evaluate situations from multiple angles helps in devising effective solutions under pressure.
- Technical Knowledge: A strong technical background allows you to understand the systems and technologies involved, which is crucial for diagnosing issues and coordinating with technical teams.
- 12+ years of rich experience in information security domain and at least 6-8 years of dedicated experience in Security Incident Response.
- Hands on experience in implementing and operationalizing SIEM/SOAR tools such as Sentinel, ArcSight etc.
- Experience in defining and reporting KPIs for Security Incident response.
- Familiarity with advanced SOC monitoring technologies, risk, threat and security measures.
- Knowledge across the SOC domains including governance, control frameworks, policies, compliance management, risk management and incident response etc.
- Comprehensive knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements and how they influence the bank's Information Security strategy.
- Preferably worked in BFSI domain with proven experience in SOC function.
- Strong understanding of key security standards and regulations such as NIST 800-61, CERT/CC, PCI, ISO 27035 etc.
- Deep understanding of Security Incident response frameworks and their application in creating robust policies.
- Automate potential resilient security processes to ensure continuous compliance with security best practices.
- Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of security trends, threats, and countermeasures
- Assess and design security posture determination processes, tools and methodologies
- Reviewing and approving use cases/playbooks for SIEM/SOAR tools
- Continuously monitor security hygiene and performance using tools and processes
- Collaborate with other IS teams, Ops and tech teams on enhancing security incident response resilience
- Strategic Oversight: Provide strategic direction and oversight for the incident management process, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives.
- Security Incident Management: Lead the coordination of major security incidents/crisis management, ensuring that all relevant teams and stakeholders are effectively engaged and provide appropriate technical insights to the Crisis Management Team (CMT).
- Managing incident investigation, analysis, containment, recovery, communication and reporting
- Policy & Procedure Development: Develop and refine incident management policies and procedures, ensuring they are up-to-date and effective in addressing current and emerging threats.
- Continuous Improvement: Conduct thorough post-incident reviews to identify lessons learned and implement improvements to prevent future incidents.
- Training & Mentorship: Provide training and mentorship to other team members, ensuring the team is well-prepared to handle incidents.
- Stakeholder Communication: Maintain clear and effective communication with stakeholders, providing updates on incident status and resolution efforts
- ***Essential knowledge***
- Have over 12+ years of rich experience in information security domain and at least 6-8 years of dedicated experience in Security Incident Response.
- Hands on experience in implementing and operationalizing SIEM/SOAR tools such as Sentinel, ArcSight etc.
- Experience in defining and reporting KPIs for Security Incident response.
- Familiarity with advanced SOC monitoring technologies, risk, threat and security measures.
- Knowledge across the SOC domains including governance, control frameworks, policies, compliance management, risk management and incident response etc.
- Comprehensive knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements and how they influence the bank's Information Security strategy.
- Preferably worked in BFSI domain with proven experience in SOC function.
- Strong understanding of key security standards and regulations such as NIST 800-61, CERT/CC, PCI, ISO 27035 etc.
- ***Skills and Application***
- Leads the development and implementation of comprehensive Security Governance strategies that address identified risks and compliance requirements, incorporating advanced technologies and methodologies to enhance security posture.
- Deep understanding of Security Incident response frameworks and their application in creating robust policies.
- Automate potential resilient security processes to ensure continuous compliance with security best practices.
- Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of security trends, threats, and countermeasures
- Assess and design security posture determination processes, tools and methodologies
- Reviewing and approving use cases/playbooks for SIEM/SOAR tools
- Continuously monitor security hygiene and performance using tools and processes
- Collaborate with other IS teams, Ops and tech teams on enhancing security incident response resilience
Other
- Knowledge of evolving advanced tech stacks and related control and risk universe from a SOC perspective.
- Knowledge and expertise in conducting risk assessment and management.
- The ideal candidate will have a technical or computer science degree.
- Professional certifications: GCIH, CISSP, CEH, FOR608, CISM etc.
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