Technology Risk Manager (Information Security Control Division)

Bank of China (Hong Kong); Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of China (Hong Kong) is seeking an experienced information security professional to support application security, system security, third-party security and overall information risk across the organization.

Responsibilities include reviewing IT initiatives, advising on policies and procedures, conducting security assessments, and guiding teams on risk controls, with emphasis on compliance with HKMA, PCI-DSS and related standards.

Qualifications

• Degree holder in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline.
• Over 4 years of experience in IT security, technology risk, risk management, compliance or IT audit functions in sizable financial institutions.
• Familiar with HKMA enhanced competency framework such as CISA, CISSP or CRISC is preferable.
• Good command of written and spoken English with Mandarin is preferable, and strong communication skills.
• Willingness to travel and flexibility in assignments.

Responsibilities

• Assist in reviewing IT initiatives and provide advisory from technology risk perspectives.
• Assist to establish and review policies, guidelines, procedures in application security area.
• Provide advisory and practical guidance to support technology risk and information security assessments, including vulnerability scanning and penetration testing.
• Conduct regular assessments on application security.
• Familiar with security testing tools (Fortify, AppScan, open source tools) and DevSecOps practices; adhere to OWASP guidance.
• Research and evaluate latest trends in information security and fintech technologies; assess OS platform security and middleware security.
• Plan and conduct security assessments in physical security areas (e.g., data center security).
• Assist to establish and review policies in system, physical and fintech security areas.
• Familiar with system platform operation and architectural design is preferable.
• Drive third-party security assessments for regulatory compliance and internal controls; manage onboarding/offboarding risk.
• Communicate risk issues to business units and cross-functional teams; propose remediation.
• Provide awareness training on third-party vendor risk management framework.
• Contribute to internal knowledge base and practice development; stay informed on vendor risk trends.
• Assist in information security policy formulation, risk evaluation, access controls and incident remediation.

Job description

Roles and Responsibilities & Specific Requirements (Application Security):

• Assist in reviewing IT initiatives and provide advisory from technology risk perspectives
• Assist to establish and review policies, guidelines, procedures in application security area
• Provide advisory and practical guidance to support technology risk and information security assessments, include vulnerability scanning, penetration test etc.
• Conduct regular assessment on application security
• Familiar with security testing tools e.g. Fortify, AppScan and Open Source Scanning tools, technologies on DevSecOps and industry good practice OWASP is preferable
  

Roles and Responsibilities & Specific Requirements (System Security):

• Research and evaluate latest trend & technologies on information security and fintech area, such as FinTech, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Cloud Computing etc.
• Conduct regular assessment on OS platform security & middleware software security
• Plan and conduct security assessment in area of physical security (e.g.: data center security)
• Assist to establish and review policies, guidelines, procedures in system security、physical security and fintech technology security area
• Familiar with system platform operation and system architecture design is preferable
  

Roles and Responsibilities & Specific Requirements (Third-Party Security):

• Drive security assessments of third-party vendor focusing on compliance with regulations, company policies, and internal controls.
• Oversee information security risk management processes for onboarding and off-boarding of third-party vendor relationships.
• Communicate to business units and cross-functional teams regarding third-party vendor risk issues and/or control gaps, and recommends remediation initiatives.
• Provide awareness by conducting training on third-party vendor risk management framework.
• Contribute to internal practice development initiatives and technology risk knowledge base
• Stay informed about latest developments in third-party vendor risk management field.
  

Roles and Responsibilities & Specific Requirements (Information Security):

• Assist senior manager to formulate and manage information security policies, standards and procedures.
• Plan and conduct information security assessment and IT risk evaluation in area covering IT general controls, information asset management, access controls and endpoint security review, etc.
• Plan and carry out various information security assurance activities, such as computer accounts re-certification.
• Review the initiation of security configuration changes, such as access rules, data leakage prevention policies.
• Co-operates with system administrators to deploy various information security controls or tools, and take lead to conduct appropriate remedial action on security incidents.
• Act as a subject matter expert to assist business units and cross-functional teams in identifying and mitigating information security risks and/or control gaps, and recommends remediation initiatives.
  

General Job Requirements:

• Degree holder in Computer Science or other degree majoring in Information Systems, or related discipline.
• Over 4 years of experience in IT security, technology risk, risk management, compliance or IT audit function, gained from other sizable financial institutions
• Holding at least one recognized professional qualification under HKMA enhanced competency framework such as CISA, CISSP, CRISC is preferable.
• Familiar with HKMA TMG-1, TM-E-1, PCI-DSS, ISO 2700-series or other security risk management framework is an advantage
• Good command of written and spoken English with Mandarin is preferable and
• Good communication and interpersonal skills;
• Flexibility in traveling.
• Candidate with less experience will be considered as Assistant Manager.