CyberSecurity Deputy Director (h/f)

Act as a hands-on leader, set vision and direction for the MDR as they strive to achieve technical excellence, operational rigor, while consistently aligned with Security strategic business goals.

Leadership and Strategy :

Support the MDR Head in developing and implementing the strategic vision for the MDR Services together with the KS Line of Business to enhance the MDR Service capabilities.

• Collaborate with Senior Leadership to align security initiatives with business goals.
• Assist the MDR Head in leading, mentoring and managing a MDR of cybersecurity professionals.
• Technical Expertise :

Provide expert guidance and support on cybersecurity issues to other departments.

• Communicate complex security issues and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Be the POC for complex technical client escalations.
• Be the POC for engagement managers and MDR leaders in case of complex cases.
• Service enhancement :

Remain up to date and contribute to enhance our service capability with current attack methods and characteristics to identify threats and advise on prevention, mitigation and remediation.

• Define, report KPI and lead efforts to continuously improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the MDR services.
• CFC practice :

Establish a new integrated cyber fusion practice in collaboration with the Product MDR, including the disciplines of Cyber Threat Intelligence, Attack Surface Reduction, Vulnerability Management, and others.

• Transform the MDR from reactive, to proactive and predictive threat hunting, recommending mitigations and countermeasures.
• Continuous improvement :

Stay current with emerging cybersecurity threats and industry trends.

• Identify and recommend improvements to existing security controls and processes.
• Information Risk Management :

Identify potential risks associated with technical processes and implement risk mitigation strategies and operational security controls within the CFC perimeter in collaboration with Corporate Security.

• Minimum of 10-15 years of experience in cyber security
• Experience in managing security services or a SOC
• Work experience with multicultural MDR in a transversal organization
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to handle escalated customer complaints and issues
• Capability to convey a message to executives
• Proven ability to multitask effectively and focus on multiple efforts at one time

Education

• Master in cyber security or equivalent
• Offensive and defensive certifications (OSCP, SANS, )

Skills

• Extensive knowledge in networking (TCP / IP, firewall, routing, )
• Extensive knowledge of ethical hacking skills and very good understanding of current threats (malware / ransomware).
• Knowledge of incident response processes (detection, triage, incident analysis, remediation and reporting).
• Understanding of network and system intrusion and detection methods; examples of related technologies include Next Generation Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP), Security information and event management (SIEM), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
• Good knowledge of Cyber Threat Intelligence and experience in implementing CTI programs
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