Information Security Officer

Location: Fareham, United Kingdom

Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.

Information Security Officer

Are you a team player? Would you love to expand your knowledge in the security area? Do you have great organisation and time management skills? Got your interest, then look no further…

What the role has to offer:

• Having an impact on how data is controlled and staying at the forefront of security risks
• Collaborate with all teams within the business
• Dealing with a variety of work – not one day is the same

Our Opportunity

You will be working within the Thales DIS UK Security organization; you will be responsible for ensuring the organizations compliance with regulatory bodies and with customers within the Banking environment.

The key objective of this role is to ensure that Thales DIS UK maintains its physical and logical accreditations by ensuring that the organisation implements and encourages security within the production facilities.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Control and Maintain the ISO 27001 Information Security Management System, ensuring compliance to all areas of that standard
• Maintain Security Risk Assessments of all applicable sites as required by ISO 27001
• Ensure compliance with data protection legislation. Promoting awareness as well
• Stay up-to-date of statutory/legal changes impacting on information security, incorporating them into relevant policies and advising staff on their implementation
• Assist with internal and external audit programmes. Ensuring compliance with the Information Security Policy and that the necessary controls are in place to satisfy
• Identify high risk issues and escalate as required
• Investigate IT related complaints and incidents in conjunctions with Security Manager, Security team, and/or other departments. Also providing input for remedial action plans
• Closure of audit and testing non-conformities through the provision of sound remedial actions
• Work with staff to ensure that security considerations are taken into account during design and implementation
• Work with corporate teams to ensure compliance and exchange ideas
• Conduct supplier audits where necessary to ensure standards are adhered to through the supply chain
• Train employees in IT Security controls and best practice

About You

• It will be desirable but not essential for you will have experience within security areas (either physical or logical)
• It will be desirable but not essential for you to have knowledge of PCI CP.
• It will be desirable but not essential for you to have knowledge of ISO 27001
• You will be a confident Speaker with strong written and verbal skills.
• You will have good organization and good time management
• You will have experience of audits
• You will be able to work well with other teams

What We Can Offer

We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Company Story

The future is full of excitement and change; each new change and technology will create situations no one has had to deal with before or even anticipated and it will happen at an even faster pace than today.

Our 3 priorities throughout the crisis remain constant:

• To continue to protect all our employees’ health and financial wellbeing.
• To safeguard the business and continue to deliver for our customers as best we can.
• And, to ensure that Thales is best placed to recover quickly.

Flexibility

Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

If you are interested in this role, we would encourage you to have informal chat with the Talent Acquisition Partner.

Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.

At Thales, we ensure equal opportunities, pay and working conditions for all. The benefits we offer include private medical insurance, buying or selling annual leave, cycle to work schemes, employee discounts, paid volunteering day, stocks and shares, annual bonus and much more depending on the role. Read more about our benefits here.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued for who they are and the unique strengths they bring. Discover more about our programmes, employee networks, wellbeing policies, and inclusive features here.

If this role isn’t quite right for you, we encourage you to join our talent community where your details will be shared with our recruitment teams for other potential opportunities. Join the Talent Community here.

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