Cyber Security Advisor in MALTA

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About KPMG in Malta

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Multicultural with diversity at the core, employing over 650 employees offering a flexible workplace to our people – KPMG in Malta is a global people-focused audit, tax and advisory firm thriving on a high-performing and trust culture. Our multidisciplinary experience ranges from multinationals to promising start-ups, private to public sector undertakings, local to international clientele. Our values remain at the heart of all we do, ESG and CSR are our commitment to invest together towards a better future for our people, clients and communities. KPMG's ESG commitments and achievements are reported in Our Impact Plan.

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The Role

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As an integral member of the Digital Advisory team, the responsibility of the Cyber Security Advisor is to carry out the engagements related to policy compliance, security requirements governance, as well as risk management.

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The ideal candidate will have knowledge of risk management, security and privacy practices and be an effective communicator, both written and verbal.

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Duties

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• Assisting with the analysis of requirements and design of clients’ information security posture as well as conducting security compliance assessments against recognised best practice and industry standards as appropriate to client organisations;
• Supporting team members in delivery of work streams for clients in compliance standards such as DORA, NIS2, ISO27001, and GDPR;
• Conduct cloud security planning to determine and describe security necessities;
• Performing and investigating internal and external information security risk assessments. Assessing incidents, vulnerability management, vulnerability scan reports, patch management status, secure baselines, penetration test results, phishing exercises, and social engineering tests and attacks;
• Develop and participate in implementation of client initiatives focused on the reduction of technology risk, governance and compliance to policies and external regulatory compliance;
• Evaluating business and IT risks and presenting findings accordingly;
• Developing IT security standards, procedures, and controls to manage risks. Improve client’s security positioning through process improvement, policy, automation, and the continuous evolution of capabilities;
• Evaluation information security threats and their impact to clients IT environment;
• Documenting and reporting control failures and gaps to stakeholders. Provide remediation guidance and prepare management reports to track remediation activities;
• Staying current on best practices and technological advancements and acts as a technical resource for security assessment and regulatory compliance;
• Coordinate with multi-national team members to make sure that all parties are on track with project requirements, deadlines, and schedules;
• Performing other related duties as assigned from time to time based on the business requirements.

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Requirements

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• 3+ years’ experience in IT Governance, Risk & Compliance;
• In possession of a first degree in IT, Business and Computing, Information Security or other similar IT and Security fields;
• Understanding of ISO 27001, PCI DSS, NIST CSF, COBIT standards preferred
• Experience of risk management principles and associated methodologies;
• Ideally will have a CEH, CISSP, CISA or CISM qualification;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English;
• You will be capable of producing quality deliverables to tight timescales;
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills with the ability to influence and drive change in a collaborative way both internally and externally;
• Internally, you could be expected to actively participate in all aspects of the business development lifecycle and support ongoing customer relationship management.

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What We Offer

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• A Performance Manager to coach you, periodically review, and ensure that you will meet your business and personal development goals;
• Buddy system;
• Continuous Learning through multiple online platforms;
• Technical training and support;
• Flexible working;
• Health insurance;
• A multicultural team;
• Relocation package and Immigration support where applicable.

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