Global Security Strategist, UK based

From: Gavin Smith (GSmith@best-international.com)
Date: Tue Mar 18 2003 - 09:16:42 PST

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    Please note in the first instance we are only able to consider applicants currently residing in the UK or Europe for this role.
    
    Global Security Strategist, UK (Midlands) based
    
    Salary to £75k + benefits
    
    Key Accountabilities
    
    Understand corporate business, its approach and direction and identify the direction for security including opportunities and constraints 
    
    Match security against the strategy model and identify how security can be used for competitive advantage
    
    Work with the business strategy group to identify how security works with the overall business strategy and to forward opportunities, e.g. smart cards, biometrics, token authentication, etc
    
    Identify the overall cost of security and its component parts and identify areas of over/under investment
    
    Identify how existing security technologies interact and whether they are relevant / what their life-span should be
    
    Identify the rationale for insourcing and outsourcing any aspects of security and keep this in line with overall IT strategy.
    
    Be the resident expert on advances in security and provide view on them, e.g. Passport/Liberty Alliance, security & web services, biometrics, ISO standards, international legislation/regulation
    
    Undertake structured and targeted competitor analysis on security practice, costs and benefits  in the UK and overseas
    
    Be credible with all levels of  management, government departments and other external bodies
    
    Develop propositions that clearly demonstrate whether
    
    Key Experience
    
    Educated to degree level in a computing subject
    
    At least 10 years solid IT experience, with 3 years at a senior management level
    
    Has an IT development background including major project management experience and design of large scale applications
    
    Has worked at a strategic level, ideally in security strategy in a business where security is essential.  
    
    Has a good grasp of strategy models, organisation lifecycles, risk frameworks and technology lifecycles
    
    Rounded and unbiased technology experience, ideally including web services
    
    Ideally previous banking / regulated business experience 
    
    Able to demonstrate a track record of success in previous roles
    
    Previous experience of working in fast moving, highly demanding environments
    
    Previous account management / supplier management experience
    
    Previous experience of researching, preparing and presenting fully cost and technology justified business cases.
    
    
    
    Applications by CV initially please.
    
    Regards
    
    Gavin Smith
    
    
    
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