Security Consulting Consultant

Role Title: Security Delivery Consultant

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services—all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 537,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

About Accenture Security

Join Accenture Security to pioneer security solutions that blend risk strategy, digital identity, cyber defense, application security and managed services. Using the coolest next-gen tech, you’ll have every chance to stay one step ahead of cybercrime and out-hack the hackers. 

Accenture Security provides comprehensive security services – from security strategy development, to business transformation, to managed security services – on demand and at a global scale to help mitigate risks and take full advantage of advanced technologies and proven risk management models. Our experienced team of global security professionals helps businesses understand their risks and build resilience from the inside out, giving them the confidence to focus on what matters most: innovation and business growth. 

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Governance:

Develop cyber frameworks, policies, processes, procedures, guidelines, and related documentation.

Review existing and proposed policies and related documentation with stakeholders.

Develop reporting metrics, KPIs, and dashboards.

Monitor how effectively cybersecurity policies, principles and practices are implemented in the delivery of planning and management services.

Ensure that cybersecurity workforce management policies and processes comply with legal and organizational requirements.

Interpret and apply applicable laws, statutes and regulatory documents to ensure they are reflected in the cybersecurity policies.

Provide policy guidance to cybersecurity management, staff and users.

Risk Management:

Effectively communicate Cybersecurity risks and posture to senior management.

Develop risk mitigation strategies to effectively manage risk in accordance with organizational risk appetite.

Ensure that decisions relating to Cybersecurity are based on sound risk management principles.

Perform risk analysis whenever an application or system undergoes a major change.

Provide input to the risk management framework and related documentation.

Ensure Cybersecurity risks are identified and managed appropriately through the organization's risk governance process.

Carry out a Cybersecurity risk assessments.

Work with others to implement and maintain a Cybersecurity risk management program

Identify and assign individuals to specific roles associated with the execution of the Risk Management Framework

Establish a risk management strategy for the organization that includes a determination of risk tolerance

Conduct an initial risk assessment of stakeholder assets and update the risk assessment on an ongoing basis

Work with organizational officials to ensure continuous monitoring tool data provides situation awareness of risk levels

Use risk management related tools such as eGRC and monitoring tools to assess risks

Develop methods to effectively monitor and measure risk, compliance, and assurance efforts.

Determine and document supply chain risks for critical system elements, where they exist.

Compliance & Regulation:

Analyze the organization's Cybersecurity policies and configurations to evaluate compliance with regulations and organization compliance frameworks

Recognize patterns of non-compliance with Cybersecurity policies and related documentation to identify ways to improve the documentation

Periodically review Cybersecurity strategy, policies, and related documents to maintain compliance with applicable legislation and regulation

Work with stakeholders to resolve Cybersecurity incidents and vulnerability compliance issues

Develop methods to effectively monitor and measure risk, compliance, and assurance efforts

Develop specifications to ensure that risk, compliance, and assurance efforts conform with Cybersecurity requirements.

Monitor and evaluate a system's compliance with Cybersecurity, resilience, and dependability requirements

Develop Cybersecurity compliance processes and audits for services provided by third parties

Maintain knowledge of applicable legislation, regulation, and accreditation standards and regularly review these to ensure continued organizational compliance

Cooperate with relevant regulatory agencies and other legal entities in any compliance reviews or investigations

Skills And Qualifications

Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.

Flexibility to travel.

Consulting, stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.

Fluent in Arabic and English language

Ability to effectively communicate insights relating to an organization’s threat environment to improve its risk management posture.

Ability to work with the organization's leadership to provide a comprehensive, organization wide approach to address Cybersecurity risk and compliance.

Ability to work with the organization's leadership to develop a risk management strategy to address Cybersecurity related risks.

Ability to develop and maintain Cybersecurity policies, standards and related documentations to support business strategy and maintain compliance with legislative, regulatory, and contractual obligations.

Ability to communicate technical and planning information at the same level as a stakeholder’s understanding.

Knowledge and understanding of risk assessment, mitigation, and treatment methods.

Knowledge of relevant Cybersecurity aspects of legislative and regulatory requirements, relating to ethics and privacy.

Knowledge of Cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities posed by new technologies and malicious actors.

Knowledge and understanding of risk assessment, mitigation, and management methods.

Knowledge of the likely operational impact on an organization of Cybersecurity breaches.

Knowledge of national Cybersecurity laws and regulations such as SAMA CSF, NCA ECC, etc.

Knowledge of common information security standards, such as: ISO 27001/27002, NIST, PCI DSS, ITIL, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in information security, Cybersecurity or relevant.

Should be Certified in CRISC, GRCP, ISO 27001 LI or equal certifications.

Why join us?

We offer a transparent, fast paced approach career progression, with a focus on your strengths and continuous coaching from senior colleagues

You will benefit from working alongside Accenture experts who are solving some of the biggest industry challenges with innovative thinking and pioneering tools

Flexible work arrangements and a range of benefits including competitive rewards

You will have access to state-of-the-art technology that will give you the opportunity to deepen your existing skills even as you help create the latest business trends

You will also have opportunities to make a difference to the communities in which we work and live

Next Steps

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