Interim Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Location: Glasgow (hybrid working - 3 days onsite)

Duration: 12 months 

Vetting: SC secuirty clearance will be required

 Essesntial Skills

• Executive Leadership: Minimum of 3 years’ experience in an executive security leadership role, demonstrating strategic impact and operational excellence in environments dealing with high-value or highly sensitive information.
• Substantial industry experience in a highly regulated environment, or within His Majesty’s Government (HMG), with deep understanding of the challenges in securing sensitive information assets.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Ability to communicate complex security issues effectively to senior stakeholders, security peers, and technical experts.
• Continuous Improvement: Proven commitment to driving innovation and excellence in security practices and organisational culture, with an emphasis on balancing security needs with useability and reducing user friction.
• Technical Mastery: Knowledge of security frameworks (e.g. ISO 27001, NIST, and/or NCSC guidance), security risk management, security architecture, and best practices for safeguarding sensitive assets.
• Regulatory Compliance: Familiarity with UK legislation, standards, and protocols.
• Incident Management: Demonstrable capability in managing complex security incidents.

Desirable Criteria

• Relevant professional certifications (such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or equivalent).
• Experience of collaborating with a range of executive functions and multi-agency security operations.
• Established network within the UK cyber security community.
• Experience of major digital transformation and secure adoption of cloud or emerging technologies in a highly regulated sector.

Our client operates hybrid working into Glasgow office 3 days per week, occasional client site visits will be required into London.

For further details please apply including full CV.

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