Senior Information Security Advisor (Remote, vCISO)

Cognisys; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 25 days + 8 holidays

Birthday leave

Health & Wellbeing

Training budget

Referral bonus

Job summary

Cognisys is a cybersecurity consultancy offering Penetration Testing, GRC Consulting and Managed Security to organisations in 30+ countries. We are a small but growing team where consultants work closely with clients, take ownership of meaningful work, and make a visible impact.

The Senior Information Security Consultant will join our GRC Consulting team, providing advisory, security improvement and specialist client engagements, with a predominately remote role and occasional local travel to

Qualifications

• 6+ years' experience in information security or cybersecurity.
• Strong client-facing and consulting skills.
• Experience developing and improving security programmes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver ongoing security advisory engagements across a range of clients and industries.
• Provide practical guidance on information security risks and programmes.
• Lead vCISO-style advisory services and ongoing security programme development.
• Assess existing security programmes and identify opportunities to improve their effectiveness, maturity and sustainability.
• Help clients prioritise security initiatives based on risk and business objectives.
• Communicate risks, recommendations and trade-offs clearly.
• Mentor and develop junior consultants and review deliverables.

Skills

Client facing

Consulting

Security governance

Risk management

Communication

GRC platforms

Tools

GRC platforms

Job description

Cognisys is a cybersecurity consultancy offering Penetration Testing, GRC Consulting and Managed Security to organisations in 30+ countries. We are a small but growing team where consultants work closely with clients, take ownership of meaningful work, and make a visible impact.

The Senior Information Security Consultant will join our GRC Consulting team, providing advisory, security improvement and specialist client engagements, with a predominately remote role and occasional local travel to