# Assistant Manager, Information Security Job DIBBKE Canonical URL: https://primejobalerts.com/jobs/assistant-manager-information-security-job-dibbke Company: DIBBKE Category: Information & Communication Technology Location: Kenya Work type: Full-time Work arrangement: On-site Published: 2026-10-22 Expires: 2026-12-06 ## 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 ### How to Apply Click here to apply ## Apply Use the canonical Prime Job Alerts page for full application instructions and source verification.