Director - Cyber Security

Overview

• Here is the comprehensive breakdown of the

Head Of Cyber Security

Strategic Role

• Strategic Oversight:
• Provides leadership in the planning, execution, and assessment of all cybersecurity strategies, policies, and practices across both
• IT and OT
• environments.
• Program Leadership:
• Establishes and leads a comprehensive, enterprise-wide information security program to protect all assets against internal and external threats.
• Risk Management:
• Identifies, directs, and reports on information security risks to meet compliance requirements while enabling the organization to mitigate threats effectively.
• Key Liaison:
• Acts as the primary focal point for security communications, coordinating between internal staff, external resources, and national/international agencies.
• IT/OT Convergence:
• Works with automation leads to establish security controls for OT environments, ensuring secure integration and strict network segmentation to prevent lateral movement.
• Executive Advisory:
• Responsible for budgeting, project prioritization, and providing expert cybersecurity testimony and advice to leadership and executive agencies.
• Technical Depth:
• Maintains deep knowledge of cloud/on-premise infrastructure, automation control systems, and secure OT architecture to advance the digital ecosystem.

• Consolidation & Monitoring

Training & Awareness

• Program Development:
• Manages enterprise-wide IT/OT security training; provides guidance to management and staff to ensure policies and procedures are understood and followed.

Relationship Management

• Internal Collaboration:
• Establishes effective relationships with plant managers, control system engineers, and instrumentation teams to secure and monitor OT environments.
• External Stakeholders:
• Maintains professional relationships with vendors, contractors, and consultants, ensuring service delivery aligns with the highest ethical standards.

Leadership & People Management

• Departmental Performance:
• Manages the achievement of objectives by recruiting qualified staff, setting individual KPIs, and providing formal/informal feedback and appraisals.

• Compliance & Safety

• Ensures departmental compliance with safety, quality, and environmental policies to guarantee employee safety and legislative adherence.
• Operational Integrity:
• Implements security controls in the OT environment without compromising system performance, safety, or production continuity.

Authority & Decision Making

• Independent Planning:
• Operates within broad policies but establishes the specific plans, priorities, and processes required to achieve organizational objectives.
• Line of Defense (LoD) Alignment:
• Collaborates with the 1st and 3rd Lines of Defense to ensure cybersecurity operations and auditing teams are fully aligned.