About Specialized Security Services, Inc.
For over two decades, our expert team has successfully assisted organizations with the implementation and oversight of their information security, privacy, and regulatory compliance programs. Our reputation is our own, built upon our steadfast commitment over the years to do the right thing and go above and beyond for our clients. We pride ourselves on our ability to think outside-the-box, stay nimble and succeed as a team.
About the Senior Assessor role:
The Senior Security Assessor supports PCI Compliance, ISO, NIST, Risk Assessment, HIPAA, CCPA, GDPR project initiatives by undertaking risk assessments, advising on implementation of security measures, recommending appropriate risk mitigations, interpreting security policy and standards in the context of projects and business scenarios to help the business operate securely. This role has a significant client consulting and management component in advising, defining client security requirements to industry best practice standards, and ensuring that all projects meet these requirements, or that exceptions and issues are noted and remediated as appropriate.
As a Senior Assessor, you will:
- Utilize strong knowledge of the PCI-DSS security standards
- Assess existing controls to determine level of compliance to the PCI DSS standard, ISO, HIPAA, GDPR, NIST, FedRAMP etc. inclusive of their maturity, state of compliance, and the risk associated with any findings.
- Support PCI-DSS, Risk, NIST, ISO, FedRAMP, Cyber Security Compliance gap analyses and assessments.
- Support compliance privacy client engagements and familiarity with GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, or similar privacy frameworks.
- Perform comprehensive threat/risk assessments and business impact analysis of current system, data, application and technology environments to determine possible internal and external threats to information assets, and identify security measures required to counter such threats
- Participate in the development and implementation of the enterprise security architecture and supporting security standards to ensure compliance with corporate policies, and relevant legislative and regulatory requirements
- Perform technical security reviews or assessments to ensure targeted systems, networks, applications and/or data are in compliance with corporate policies and standards
Required Education and Experience:
- A university degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or closely related field
- Minimum of one Security certification such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS GIAC - GSNA, ISO27001 Certified Lead Implementer/Lead Auditor/Internal Auditor, IRCA ISMS Auditor or higher, IIA Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
- 3-5 years of Information Security experience in Security Governance, Risk and Compliance practices and methodologies.
- Proven track record of successfully delivering business requirements on time and within budget constraints
- A thorough understanding of the best practices of Cyber Security Compliance for services execution
- Knowledge of vendor/supplier contracts reviews
- Knowledge of Security Governance, Risk Management and Compliance
- Demonstrates advanced knowledge of the principles, best practices architecture and design approaches to applicable capabilities, services and standard controls that fall under the scope of the PCI-DSS
- Exposure as a QSA (Qualified Security Assessor), HITRUST, NIST, ISO, ITIL, CISSP or an ISA (Internal Security Assessor) would be a definite asset
Preferred Experience that drives success in this role:
- Additional Security certification such as QSA, ISO, SOC, IRCA ISMS Auditor or higher, IIA Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
- Demonstrates advanced knowledge of principles, best practices architecture and design approaches to applicable capabilities, services and standard controls that fall under the scope of the PCI-DSS, NIST, and ISO.
- Experience with performing cyber security assessments.
- Experience of Cyber security policy development, Incident response procedures, and Risk assessments.
- Previous experience in PCI-DSS, NIST, ISO compliance program including pre-assessment or assessment and gap remediation programs.