CYBER RISK & COMPLIANCE SENIOR ANALYST

The Cyber Risk & Compliance Sr Analyst works as part of a team to assess cybersecurity and technology risks against established frameworks, standards, policies, and methodologies. This individual reviews and recommends controls and best practices, as well as continually evaluates risk exposure and tolerance. The role also reviews and documents deficiencies, advocates for change, and when appropriate, escalates issues.

A Cyber Risk & Compliance Sr Analyst reports on the state of risk for their assigned business areas by providing visibility and helping leaders understand where risk resides and where improvements can be made to protect the business. Such reporting includes adherence to regulations and industry guidelines, as well as company policies and standards. This role focuses on risks within internal and business-controlled areas of security, technology, and business processes while partnering with the product, engineering, and architecture teams across various levels as part of the normal course of work.

Primary Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

• Serve on a team responsible for reviewing and documenting where security and technology controls are adequate or require improvement.
• Recommend risk reduction steps to be implemented and maintained through policies, procedures, frameworks, and technical controls.
• Document, formulate, and communicate security improvements that balance risk with business objectives, and do not diminish efficiencies or innovation.
• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge and application of cyber risk assessment and measurement techniques in areas including cloud security, infrastructure protection, system resiliency, application security and architecture, and data protection throughout the data lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain assessment questionnaires to understand cyber risk from various areas.
• Manage compliance impact and requirements for technology general control compliance.
• Provide regular and timely reporting on the status of cybersecurity risk across the organization.
• Support the continuous development and improvement of our cybersecurity program (including risk framework, assessment, policies, standards, etc.), reflecting business needs while considering the nature of a diversified business organization.
• Engage with the Cybersecurity, Product, Development, and Engineering teams to assist in effectively driving program maturity and mitigation of cybersecurity risks.
• Stay abreast of relevant security regulations, laws, and technologies and adjust programs and processes as needed

Minimum

• BS/BA degree in Information Security, Information Assurance, Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline with 4+ years of experience in a related field; or MS/MA degree in a related discipline with 2+ years of experience in a related field; or Ph.D. in a related discipline with 1+ year of experience in a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in cybersecurity or cyber risk as a practitioner
• Familiar with one or more regulatory requirements and laws such as, but not limited to, PCI, CCPA, etc.
• General understanding of risk methodologies such as the Factor Analysis of Information Risk methodology.
• Strong written and oral communication skills across varying levels of the organization.
• Organized, with the ability to prioritize and complete tasks within defined SLAs.
• Ability to work in a team and independently to fix issues with little or no supervision
• Ability to build effective working relationships at all levels of the organization
• Excellent communication skills

Preferred

• At least one security certification like CISSP, CISM, CISA, CTPRM, CCSP.
• At least three years of experience with cloud and container technologies.
• Additionally, experience in one or more: ISO 27001, NIST CSF.
• Experience in the Telecommunications industry.

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JOB CATEGORY: Information Technology

JOB LEVEL: Individual Contributor

DIVISION: Cox Communications

LOCATION: Atlanta GA