Old Mutual

Security Specialist


PayCompetitive
LocationJohannesburg/Gauteng
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: JR-40475

      Your time is now to be your exceptional best at Old Mutual!

      Job Description

      Reporting to the Senior Manager Cyber Security for Old Mutual Insure, will be responsible for security operations, including asset & application security, vulnerability management, security testing and endpoint security. The role holder will be assist the security team to ensure the organization has the right security and monitoring strategies in place to detect attacks and quickly respond and contain any business or customer impact. The role holder will collaborate with the Senior Security Specialist for the scoping of requirements, incident response and adherence to any necessary protocols, regulatory or legal cyber security requirements.

      Security Operations, Vulnerability Management, Security Testing & Endpoint Security.

      • Assist Management with strategic collection of sources of cyber threat intelligence, analysis and threat management thereof

      • Conducting situational awareness based on intelligence and threat information, and formulating and reporting an operational view of the external environment

      • Cybersecurity Incident Response Process (CSIRP) and Team (CSIRT), and security incidents (detection, analysis, response, and recovery)

      • Assist Management with the Threat & Vulnerability Management (and remediation) program discover problem areas on networks, and participate in remediating known issues within expected timelines

      • Endpoint protection, detection, response and recover for assets

      • Assist Management with the Information security program and plan: define, implement, and enforce information security policies

      • Cybersecurity risk management: assist Management in driving the information security risk management strategy, process, and program (risk management, evaluation & detection)

      • Cybersecurity compliance: ensure that controls are adequate to meet security requirements

      Information Asset & Application Security

      • Continuously maintain inventories of software and application assets

      • Assist Management to Define, implement, assess, and maintain controls necessary to protect software and applications in accordance with security requirements

      • Manage configurations and changes for software and applications

      • Designate, prioritize, and categorize information and critical assets (Crown Jewels)

      • Define, implement, assess, and maintain controls necessary to protect information and critical assets in accordance with security requirements

      Job Requirements : Skills, Experience and Qualification

      • An IT technical qualification or degree

      • Knowledge of Information Security and IT Risk

      • Recognized professional industry certification(s) such as Security Operations (SOC) Analyst, CompTIA A+, ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security, CEH

      • 3 - 5 years of relevant industry experience within the financial services sector in an IT Security role

      • Knowledge of Information Security Standards and Frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO27001/2

      • Knowledge of Secure Software Development Lifecycles and agile ways of work

      • Knowledge of Vulnerability Management

      • Knowledge of Security Awareness and Training

      • Knowledge of Cloud Computing Platforms such as AWS, Azure

      • Knowledge of Microsoft security and compliance

      Skills

      Education

      Closing Date

      24 August 2023

      Old Mutual Limited is pro-vaccination and encourages its workforce to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

      All prospective employees are required to disclose their vaccination status as part of the recruitment process.

      Please refer to the Old Mutual’s Covid-19 vaccination policy for further detail. Kindly note that Old Mutual reserves the right to reinstate the requirement to vaccinate at any point if it is of the view that it is imperative to do so.

  • About the company

      Old Mutual Limited is a pan-African investment, savings, insurance, and banking group.

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