Cybersecurity Governance and Assurance Specialist

NETS; Singapore; On-site; SGD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

NETS is seeking an experienced Information Security professional to lead the development and enforcement of IS policies, controls and governance across the organisation in Singapore. You will work with internal stakeholders to implement cyber risk management improvements and ensure compliance with ISO27000, NIST and local guidelines.

The role involves coordinating audits, reporting risk metrics, and driving remediation actions while seeking opportunities to automate processes within payments

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline with 6+ years in information security.
• Experience developing, enforcing and auditing security policies and controls.
• Experience with risk assessment, compliance implementation and governance.
• Familiar with ISO27000, NIST and local regulatory guidelines (Cyber Hygiene, PDPA).

Responsibilities

• Manage and enforce IS policies, processes and procedures.
• Execute cyber risk-related controls to address audit findings or process improvements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to review and streamline cyber risk management processes.
• Reference regulator notices and guide teams to mitigate risks and protect operations.
• Prepare data for risk analysis and reporting.
• Communicate new IS policies and standards to stakeholders.
• Support IS audits, regulatory inspections and risk/compliance activities.
• Review audit findings with stakeholders to determine root cause and action plans.
• Support audit lifecycle from kickoff to closure; identify opportunities to automate.

Skills

Security policy development

Risk assessment

Governance

Cyber risk management

Written & verbal communication

Teamwork & independence

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

ISO27000

NIST framework

Cyber Hygiene guidelines

Technology Risk Management Guidelines

PDPA / Personal Data Protection Act

Job description

• Responsible for the management and enforcement of IS related policies, processes and procedures.
• Execute policies, processes and procedures to facilitate effective Cyber related-risk Process and Control arising from Audit Findings or Process improvement maturity
• Partner and work with internal stakeholders to review, identify, streamline and implement process improvements with regards to Cyber risk management
• Reference to regulator’s notices, circulares and guidelines (such as, TRM, Cyber Hygiene) to assess risk and gaps, and work with Line 2 and Tech to improve policies and processes to mitigate risks, minimize their impact to operations
• Prepare and provide data for risk analysis and reporting.
• Communicate and provide guidance of new IS policies and standards to relevant stakeholders.
• Support IS related audits, regulatory inspections, Risk and Compliance activities and providing support to business audits that have IS involvement.
• Review the audit findings with key stakeholders to determine audit findings root cause, formulate action plans accordingly and verify remedial solutions for closure
• Support audit lifecycle from start to end (eg kick off meeting, RFI, fieldwork, reporting and closure of audit findings).
• Ability to innovate and automate as required

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or any other related disciplines with at least 6 years of progressive experience in Information security, including experience in security policy development, risk assessment, compliance implementation & monitoring and governance
• Good working knowledge of enterprise security risk management methods and techniques to successfully deliver the security risk management and assessment outcome.
• Prior experience in implementing a program which includes the collation, management and reporting of security metrics (KRI) such as vulnerability management, open software security vulnerabilities, penetration testing findings, security alerts and incidents
• Experienced in information security frameworks including ISO27000 standard, NIST framework and regulations such as Cyber Hygiene Notice, Technology Risk Management Guidelines and Personal Data Protection Act.
• Ability to work in a team environment and work independently with minimal supervision and produce results that meet standards of quality, timeliness and acceptability
• Willingness to deep-dive and learn about the Information Security function within the payments domain
• Strong writing, communication and inter‐personal skills