Senior Cybersecurity Accreditation Auditor
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About the Role
BAE Systems seeks a Senior Cybersecurity Accreditation Auditor to deliver accreditation services, assess third-party compliance, and maintain accreditation integrity. Requires a Bachelor's degree, 12+ years experience in cybersecurity, and strong knowledge of standards like ISO 27001.
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Responsibilities
- Deliver day to day accreditation services and ensure fair, consistent, and objective assessments of third parties
- Maintain detailed and organized records of the accreditation process
- Ensure highest standards of competence and impartiality are maintained
- Undertake compliance activities against security standards
- Manage national accreditation scheme applications
- Document observations/findings clearly and traceably based on objective evidence
- Develop and maintain accreditation procedures and tools based on NISCF
- Perform periodic surveillance accreditation assessments on third parties
- Develop measurement and compliance mechanisms & tools to monitor improvements
- Stay up to date with the latest developments in security, emerging threats, and evolving technology
- Manage external communication during the assessment from application to decision
- Act as escalation point of contact for accreditation issues/requests
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or equivalent
- Minimum 12 years of experience in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Risk Assessment, or Assurance
- Hands on experience in information security auditing, accreditation, or cybersecurity management
- Experience in cybersecurity consulting or implementation aligned with national/international standards is an advantage
- Strong knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and standards (ISO 27001, NIST, NIA, OWASP, PTES, SOC CMM, etc.)
- Understanding of accreditation standards (ISO/IEC 17011, ISO/IEC 17025) and certification processes
- Experience in risk assessment and audit methodologies
- Knowledge of national cybersecurity laws and regulations (e.g., Cybercrime laws, data protection, eCommerce regulations)
- Strong analytical thinking and problem solving abilities
- Excellent technical report writing and documentation skills
- Ability to communicate clearly with technical and senior executive stakeholders
- Experience in delivering workshops, training, or knowledge sharing sessions
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Overview
- The Senior Cybersecurity Accreditation Auditor is responsible for delivering day to day accreditation services and ensuring that assessments of third parties are conducted in a fair, consistent, and objective manner.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the conduct of the day to day of accreditation services.
- Maintain detailed and organized records of the accreditation process, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
- Ensuring that the highest standards of competence and impartiality are maintained, and that consistency is achieved across accreditation activities;
- Undertake compliance activities against security standards.
- Operational role, to manage national accreditation scheme applications.
- Document observations/findings in such a manner that they are clearly understandable and traceable and are based on objective evidence.
- Develop and maintain accreditation procedures and required tools based on National Information Security Compliance framework.
- Maintain impartiality, confidentiality and to declare any potential conflicts of interest that might jeopardize an objective assessment as required.
- Perform periodic surveillance accreditation assessment on Third parties to monitor and review compliance.
- Develop measurement and compliance mechanisms & tools to monitor improvements.
- Knowledge of various international standards, regulation, and best practices, (ISO27001, OWASP, PTES, SOC CMM etc.) and implementation experience against at least one.
- Knowledge of Local Laws & Regulations in different sectors: Cybercrime, PDPPL, eCommerce, etc.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or equivalent.
- Minimum 12 years of experience in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Risk Assessment, or Assurance.
- Hands on experience in information security auditing, accreditation, or cybersecurity management.
- Experience in cybersecurity consulting or implementation aligned with national/international standards is an advantage.
- NIA Certified Auditor, CISSP, CISA, CISM, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor or equivalent (preferred).
- Strong knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and standards (ISO 27001, NIST, NIA, OWASP, PTES, SOC CMM, etc.).
- Understanding of accreditation standards (ISO/IEC 17011, ISO/IEC 17025) and certification processes.
- Experience in risk assessment and audit methodologies.
- Knowledge of national cybersecurity laws and regulations (e.g., Cybercrime laws, data protection, eCommerce regulations).
- Strong awareness of third party audit and certification practices.
- Ability to assess security controls and compliance against formal schemes objectively.
- Strong analytical thinking and problem solving abilities.
Contract Duration
- The contract duration is 12 months, with the possibility of extension based on departmental requirements.
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