Security Office Support and Data Analyst

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With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

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Job Summary

The job holder will be a member of the Converged Security Office (CSO), responsible to assist and support the Chief Security Officer in driving the operations across the CSO departments namely Fraud and Forensics, Physical Security, Information Security, Cyber Security, Resilience and Records Management for Mauritius.

The primary function of the role is to derive trends and business intelligence based on data analytics obtained across the different departments of the Converged Security Office. Additionally, the job holder will also be involved in the delivery of services provided by the CSO departments and will be closely working with the departmental heads of the Converged Security Office.

The job holder will be involved to deliver on the following areas:
• Ensuring controls as per Group policies and standards are enforced within the Business to ensure information is protected effectively and consistently as per its classification.
• To assist the CSO team in performing security risk assessments for new projects and initiatives.
• To assist the Forensic team to plan and execute professional investigations into suspicions of fraudulent and criminal activities, and any activities as reported by stakeholders.
• To assist the Fraud Operations Team for the monitoring of the fraud risk systems, performing fraud samplings as per relevant policies, processes, and standards, perform data analytics and building Management Information.

Work closely with the CSO Team to implement best practices for Cyber Security, Information Risk, Resilience and Data Privacy.
Be a custodian of Cyber Security, Information Risk, Resilience and Records Management in Absa Mauritius and across the group.

Assist to carry out Cyber Security and Information Risk due diligence on new 3rd Parties and suppliers.
Ensure risk is managed and mitigated in accordance with policy and governance, and that regular reviews of risk are provided.

Assist the CSO Team to identify appropriate mandates / role profiles for employees, contractors and vendors.
Assist the CSO Team to establish a process that maintains roles through movements of individuals (joiners/movers/leavers) and assist the business to adhere to the processes in place.
Ensure that identified in-scope applications meet all requirements of the LAM standards.

Requirements

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Assist the Information Security Manager and the BCM Specialist to carry out Business Continuity simulation testing across the bank.

Assist the Fraud Team to perform fraud sampling of products in line with latest Fraud Sampling Procedures Manual.
Assist the Fraud Team to conduct analysis on fraudulent cases (including card transactions).

To support the Physical Security Manager on deliverables within the Physical Security department in terms on managing the security risk profile of the bank, managing security incidents and aligning to the governance as per Absa’s policies and standards.

Provide advice and guidance on Cyber Security, Information Risk, Resilience and Records Management to both business and Technology.
Must be able to implement, drive and monitor initiatives and small projects within the CSO Team.
Must be able to work without supervision and be able to implement initiatives and changes.
Perform on tasks assigned by the Chief Security Officer.Participate and support the implementation of strategic initiatives.

Preferred Education:

Diploma or Degree in Information Technology field or equivalent / Professional Certification in Information Technology or Cyber Security field
Candidate must hold an Advanced Diploma or Degree (minimum BSc) in Information Technology or equivalent

Preferred Experience:

Experience in a financial institution dealing with Fraud Operations, Cyber Security, Information Risk or Business Continuity Management would be an advantage.
2 years’ experience in IT related field and exposure to Cyber Security and Information Risk related fields.

Professional certification

Candidate must hold professional certifications related to Cyber Security or Information Security or Information system audits

Knowledge & Skills:

Good understanding of the Cyber Security/Information Risk best practices and Frameworks.
Good understanding of new Fraud trends and Fraud prevention
Good understanding of Cyber Security Frameworks (Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond and Recover)
Good understanding of IT Security requirements for applications used by Financial Institutions.
Must be up to date with market techniques and tools for the safeguard of information within organisations.

Technical Competencies.

Must have exposure to Vulnerability Management and Penetration testing.
Must have good knowledge of IT Infrastructure, Applications and Database Security requirements.
A good understanding of data encryption and data pseudonymization.
A good understanding of the issues faced with outsourcing to external vendors and experience of conducting vendor assessments.
Must be conversant with controls on Cloud infrastructures.
Must be conversant with IT Change Management Process best practices.
Knowledge on business products to enable an effective review of various areas in Operations and Technology and effectively identify risks and controls.
In depth knowledge of information classification and handling requirements.
Exposure to Cybersecurity and information security projects.

Behavioral Competencies: