Information Security Assurance Specialist

Job Title: Information Security Assurance Specialist
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
Salary Range: £33,200-£41,500 depending on experience
Location: Eastleigh

Information Security Assurance Specialist: At Ageas, we are committed to protecting our customers, employees, and systems through robust information security practices. We are seeking a Information Security Assurance and Architecture Specialist to join our growing team. This role is critical in ensuring our security architecture aligns with business goals and regulatory requirements, while also providing assurance over the effectiveness of our security controls.

Reporting into the Assurance and Architecture Manager, you will be responsible for supporting and operating the day-to-day activities relating to security, initiatives, controls and governance processes. This role is a combination of internal consultancy, change management and assurance activities to provide confidence to the business that we are meeting our security goals. You will act as the bridge between our technical teams and operational functions and are therefore required to have excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain complex IT concepts to all levels.

Please note that you will be expected to spend 1 day per week in our Eastleigh office, the remainder of your time will be spent working from home.

Main Responsibilities asInformation Security Assurance Specialist:

• Support the A&A Manager to represent the information security department on change, architecture and projects
• Support on the delivery of the Information Security assurance plan on an annual basis to confirm the ongoing effectiveness of security controls across the business.
• Support the design of the Enterprise Security Architecture Blueprint ensuring it remains fit for purpose and aligns with the evolving business strategy and communicate relevant principles to stakeholders.
• Conduct security assurance reviews and security risk assessments for new and existing systems.
• Collaborate with IT and business stakeholders to embed security into solution designs.
• Monitor compliance with internal policies, external regulations and industry good practice. (e.g., GDPR, ISO27001, CIS, ISF, NIST).
• Provide expert guidance on security best practices, threat modelling, and mitigation strategies.
• Support incident response and post-incident reviews from an architectural perspective.

Skills and experience you need asInformation Security Assurance Specialist:

• Strong understanding of all security principles and underlying technologies and how they apply to technological and business solutions
• Demonstrable ability to design security operations, procedures, policies and assurance activities
• A good understanding and practical experience of Information Security processes, policies and tools.
• Strong understanding of security frameworks and relevant certifications including ISO27001, CISMP, CISSP, knowledge of Data Protection / GDPR, Information Security Forum, CiiSec
• Understanding of information security controls in particular those relating to assurance, business process, governance, security risk and education
• Good analysis and decision-making skills, work well under pressure with excellent team working capabilities
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to engage with colleagues at all levels

At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve, Top Employer status in the UK.

Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy at Ageas:

Flexible Working- Smart employees flexibility around location (as long as it's within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares. We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.

Supporting your Health- Dental InsuranceHealth Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities - Mindfulness.

Supporting your Wealth- Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.

Supporting you at Work- Well-being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.

Supporting you and your Family- Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks' full pay.

Benefits for Them- Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.

Get some Tech- Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.

Getting around- Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.

Supporting you back to work- Returnto work programme after maternity leave.

About Ageas:
We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers.

As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We're a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter ,member of iCAN and GAIN .As a Disability Confident Leader ,we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience.If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team to discuss how they can help. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. For more information, please see Ageas Everyone .

We have a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and professionalism.

Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we're always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we're open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share arrangements.To find out more about Ageas, see About Us .

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