Information Security and Assurance Advisor

Location: Warwickshire

Supply Star Recruitment are looking for a highly skilled and motivated individual to take on the role of Information Security and Assurance Advisor, working within the Information Assurance team to ensure our client is meeting the national compliance obligations.

Our client holds vast amounts of data for law and operational purposes, but how that data is used and secured requires rigorous governance to ensure its retention and use is lawful, fair and proportionate and does not infringe on the rights and freedoms of individuals. In order to meet the organisation’s strategic ambitions for the use of data, they have an Information Assurance function with responsibility for information governance, security, records management and data protection.

The role will provide professional guidance and specialist advice with regard to information security and support our data protection compliance, ensuring that appropriate controls are identified and implemented to protect personal data and ensure the force is meeting our SYAP and CoCo requirements as well as supporting our UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 compliance programme. You will also advise on and manage information security incidents and related governance and assurance documentation and reporting requirements.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

* Risk Management, Clarity and Ownership - The individual should be able to work with stakeholders to identify, assess and manage information security risks, ensuring they are clearly understood, owned by the business and reduced to an acceptable level. As well as ensuring risks are well-written, consistently defined and assigned to the right owners, translating technical issues into clear business impacts.

* Assurance and Reporting - Provide leadership with clear, honest insight into security risks, highlighting emerging threats and control weaknesses

* Incident Management and Response - Support effective detection, investigation and response to security incidents, ensuring lessons are learned and controls improved

* Supplier and Third-Party Risk - Manage security risks associated with suppliers and cloud services, ensuring robust requirements are built into procurement and contracts

The role requires regular travel throughout Warwickshire so please ensure applicants have a valid driver’s Licence. Please ensure that all applicants have the right to work in the UK free of any restrictions and that applicants have lived in the UK for the last five years