Third-Party Security Risk Management Specialist

1 month ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Dentons Full time

Dentons is a global law firm committed to providing innovative solutions to its clients.

Estimated salary: $120,000 - $180,000 per year.

Company Overview

We are a team of professionals driven to challenge the status quo and provide holistic business solutions.

Job Description

The successful candidate will lead third-party vendor security assessments and manage supply chain threats from a cyber security perspective. They will assess, track, measure, and report third-party cyber risk across the global organization.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

  • Lead the third-party cyber risk management lifecycle, from executing onboarding security reviews to offboarding vendors.
  • Develop an annual calendar of third-party re-assessment cyber security reviews on cyber risk presented to the organization.
  • Define and introduce into production required third-party security assessments based on services consumed by the organization that complement current security assessments.
  • Identify and create appropriate cyber security risk MI across the third-party vendor estate.
  • Implement improvements in current third-party processes and procedures.
  • Conduct third-party cyber security assessments and identify controls to mitigate cyber risks to the organization's cyber security posture from vendor relationships.
  • Follow established third-party cyber security risk management program guidelines to complete the onboarding of third-party vendors.
  • Collaborate with internal business teams and various risk/compliance subject matter experts to address and/or mitigate identified or potential cyber security risks.
  • Communicate cyber security risk from third-party relationships and drive residual risk to acceptable levels.
  • Review IS clauses included in third-party contracts to strengthen legal security posture for the organization.
  • Design and deliver training and education of staff in third-party risk management processes as needed.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

  • A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
  • At least 3-5 years' management experience.
  • 5+ years' experience as a skilled practitioner in third-party or cyber/IS Risk Management.
  • Skilled practitioner in identifying cyber security risks in cloud services and providing mitigating controls.
  • Strong practitioner knowledge of third-party risk strategies and best practices.
  • Relevant industry certifications e.g., CRISC, CISM, CISA, ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor.

Benefits:

  • Work from home.

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