Business Information Security Officer

Elsevier; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global information leader in the United Kingdom seeks a Business Information Security Officer (BISO) to lead cybersecurity initiatives and risk management efforts. The ideal candidate has proven experience as a BISO, strong collaboration and communication skills, and expertise in cybersecurity frameworks. This role will drive security awareness across the organization to meet strategic goals while offering comprehensive benefits including generous leave, health screening, and a contributory pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Health screening

Wellbeing programs

Life assurance

Contributory pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a BISO with strong collaboration skills.
• Expertise in Cyber Security, incident response, and risk management.
• Extensive understanding of security compliance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Drive information and cyber security awareness in the organization.
• Manage oversight of technical risk assessments and security projects.
• Provide leadership for integrating security strategy with business goals.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Risk Management

Cyber Security

Problem-solving

Education

Experience as BISO

Understanding of ISO27001

Job description

Overview

Do you want to create strategies and chart a course for our Cyber progress? Are you interested in evangelizing our core information security tools and risk management solutions?

About our Team

This team delivers outcomes, longer-term improvements and benefits that are measurable and impact the achievement of organization goals. This includes managing complex and critical issues, creating strategies and charting a course for cyber progress.

About the Role

As a BISO for our TIO markets, you will be responsible for planning, organizing, and executing enterprise-wide information and security initiatives. You will deliver long-term improvements and benefits impacting our organizational goals focusing on risk management and cybersecurity defences.

Responsibilities

• Driving information, cyber and infrastructure security awareness and governance deep into the organization. This will involve aligning Business & Technology units with enterprise cybersecurity programs and objectives
• Providing a critical liaison role between the business unit and the Elsevier Cyber Security organization. This includes enhancing the level of collaboration and effective communications with key stakeholders/business units.
• Managing the oversight of technical risk assessments, such as vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, risk reviews for new applications, and third-party risk assessments. Leading, monitoring and managing security projects; provide expert guidance on security matters for other IT projects.
• Defining the information and infrastructure security utilizing a risk-based approach. Develop goals, training recommendations, strategies, plans, and success criteria needed to achieve the vision
• Developing and report cyber security metric scorecards to reflect the level of adoption and compliance to security policies/standards. Tasked with the remediation of vulnerabilities, and residual risks.
• Managing the oversight of technical risk assessments, such as vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, risk reviews for new applications. Leading, monitoring and managing security projects; provide expert guidance on security matters for other IT projects
• Providing leadership and direction for the integration of security strategy and architecture with business and IT strategy. Evaluate and design the implementation of new or updated information security hardware or software. Analyse its impact on the existing environment.

Requirements

• You will have experience as a BISO for several years.
• As a BISO, you can show strong collaboration and communication skills with technical teams like security, infrastructure, operations, and software engineering.
• You will have expertise in Cyber Security, including incident response, risk management, and governance, by developing innovative strategies and security programs.
• Demonstrate extensive understanding of Information Security compliance and governance frameworks such as ISO27001.
• You will have extensive experience in problem-solving involving leading teams in identifying, researching, and coordinating the resources necessary to effectively.

Work in a way that works for you:

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for you:

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
• Wellbeing programs
• Life assurance
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
• Save As You Earn share option scheme
• Travel Season ticket loan
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Optional Dental Insurance
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
• Access to extensive learning and development resources
• Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work

About the business:

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. What you do every day will help advance science and healthcare to advance human progress.

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