Assistant Manager, Information Security Job DIBBKE
DIBBKE
Job description
IT Jobs, DIB Bank Kenya Limited Jobs. Assistant Manager, Information Security oversees IT security governance, requires an IT/Computer Science degree, InfoSec certification, and 4+ years cybersecurity experience. Full-time role in Nairobi.
Job Purpose
To protect financial assets, customer data, and IT infrastructure against cyber threats while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Collect and validate data for the monthly security posture measurement cycle and prepare draft security dashboards for the Senior Manager’s review.
- Maintain the security gap register, recording each gap’s owner, severity, target date, and status.
- Follow up on open security gaps with control owners and report overdue items to the Senior Manager.
- Check remediation evidence submitted by control owners against the agreed standard and recommend closure or retention to the Senior Manager.
- Carry out Information Security risk assessments on new systems, changes and projects as assigned and prepare draft risk opinions.
- Monitor the managed SOC provider’s reports against agreed service levels and track SOC findings to close.
- Review access recertification results, privileged access reports and joiner, mover and leaver exceptions produced by I.T and log findings.
- Review the security configuration of new and changed systems against Group standards and approved baselines, as assigned.
- Complete security assessments of third-party vendors using the approved questionnaire and evidence requirements.
- Track findings from independent security testing and confirm retesting before recommending closure.
- Maintain the risk acceptance log, recording rationale, approver and expiry date, and flag acceptances near expiry.
- Gather evidence and draft responses for internal audit, external audit and regulatory requests.
- Run security awareness activities, including phishing simulations, and report on participation and results.
- Support the Senior Manager in overseeing security incident response and post-incident reviews, and track lessons learned to completion.
- Keep current with emerging threats and regulatory changes and brief the Senior Manager on their impact.
- Ensure all assigned tasks and projects are executed within the approved policies, procedures and SLAs of the department.
- Stand in for the Senior Manager Information Security on day-to-day matters in their absence.
Dimensions
- Design and maintain regular security processes to measure and improve the security posture of the Bank.
Job Complexity
- Ability to understand the related regulations and the security standards.
- Ability to assess and measure the security posture of the organization and/or third-party vendors.
- Ability to coordinate and plan for the remediation and mitigation of the identified security gaps.
Job Specification
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Security or a related field from a recognized University.
- Certification in Information Security.
Training / Skills
- Information Security architecture.
- IT technology platforms across the IT domains.
- Information security management and standards or benchmarks.
- Effective application of all relevant banking policies, processes, procedures and guidelines.
Work Experience
- Minimum 4 years of experience in Cybersecurity and/or Information Security Governance.
Competencies
- Think & Act Customer – Applying
- Business & Strategic Acumen – Applying
- Ownership & Accountability – Applying
- Change & Innovation Agility – Applying
- Plan & Execute Excel – Applying
- Digital Mindset – Applying
- Foster Synergy – Applying
- Interpersonal Effectiveness – Applying