Chief Information Security Officer

Doit; Petaling Jaya; Hybrid; MYR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

doit Holdings seeks a seasoned CISO to own information security and technology risk for its regulated investment platform in Malaysia. You will establish the risk framework, controls, monitoring, and evidence required for independent assessment prior to registration.

Responsibilities include overseeing daily technology risk, running security operations, incident response, and leading ISO/IEC 27001 certification efforts while coordinating with senior management and the board.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in information security, including 5+ in financial services or other regulated sectors.
• CISSP, CISM or CISA certification is required.
• Deep familiarity with SC's Guidelines on Technology Risk Management and its operationalisation.
• Experience with ISO/IEC 27001 implementation and certification.
• Hands-on operating style; able to review controls, run simulations and close gaps personally.

Responsibilities

• Hold board-appointed responsibility for day-to-day technology risk oversight and for delivering the board's cyber security strategy.
• Build the technology risk and cyber security frameworks, the risk appetite statement and the policy set beneath them.
• Run security operations across monitoring, vulnerability management, access control, data protection and secure development.
• Own incident response from detection through recovery and reporting to regulators on incident occurrence.
• Lead the platform through independent technology validation and achieve ISO/IEC 27001 certification.
• Deliver cyber security awareness program across the board, including senior management and staff.

Skills

InfoSec leadership

Risk management

Regulated sector

Cloud security

Incident response

Education

Computer science / IT degree

Tools

CISSP

CISM

CISA

ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer

CCSP / CRISC

Job description

We are focused on reinventing how people spend, save, invest, exchange, travel, and more. Our objective is to build tools that will help people get more from their money and become an expert at ease. We believe AI will help make finance smart, assessible and safe.

We are looking for the most talented and driven people we can find. We are looking for people who work for their passion, not counting hours. Who loves building great next-generation products, not status quo. Who cares about redefining how everyone around us can get the best financial applications, not for an exclusive few. We have teams working around the world, with over 20 nationalities and growing from our offices and remotely. Join us and build a better future for our society.

In 2019, we built the first mobile-first, insurance platform, enabling insurance to be accessible online by millions in the region. Today, it's the leading insurance platform in Southeast Asia.

The Role

The CISO will own information security and technology risk for doit Holdings, our regulated investment platform in Malaysia, and will be the person the board names as responsible for technology risk under the Securities Commission's Guidelines on Technology Risk Management. Nothing exists yet. The framework, the controls, the monitoring and the evidence all have to be built, and they have to hold up to an independent assessment before the platform can be registered.

What you will be doing

• Hold the board-appointed responsibility for day-to-day technology risk oversight and for delivering the board's cyber security strategy.
• Build the technology risk and cyber security frameworks, the risk appetite statement and the policy set beneath them, and keep them approved and current.
• Run security operations across monitoring, vulnerability and patch management, access control, data protection, cryptography and secure development.
• Own incident response from detection through recovery, including the report to the SC on the day an incident occurs.
• Take the platform through the independent technology validation that gates registration, and close what it finds.
• Take ISO/IEC 27001 from scoping through to certification.
• Deliver the annual cyber security awareness programme across the board, senior management and staff.

What you will need

• Deep information security background, with at least 8 years in the field including 5 in financial services or another regulated sector.
• At least one of CISSP, CISM or CISA. This is a requirement. These are the certifications the SC names as acceptable for the external party who assesses technology risk controls, and the officer who owns those controls should not sit below the standard set for the officer who audits them.
• Deep command of the SC's Guidelines on Technology Risk Management, operationalised rather than restated.
• Real depth in cyber security, operational resilience, and cloud and third-party risk.
• ISO/IEC 27001 implementation experience through to certification.
• A degree in computer science, information technology, information security or a cognate discipline, and able to meet the SC's fit and proper criteria.
• ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor, CRISC or CCSP, or experience of an SC or BNM technology examination, is useful.
• Hands-on operating style. Able to review the controls, run the simulation and close the gaps personally.

Location

This is a hybrid role. You are expected to work from our local office at least 3 days per week, with the remaining days offering flexibility to work remotely.

Candidates should be based in, or able to work from, the location where the role is advertised.

Language

English is our main working language across global teams. Strong English communication is required.

Interview Process

Our process is designed to move fast:

1. Introductory conversation

2. Technical and regulatory deep dive

3. CEO / final round

For strong candidates, we aim to complete the process and make an offer within 1 week from the start of the interview process. Candidates who complete assessments quickly will be prioritized.