Business Information Security Officer

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What is an ICT Risk Officer / Business Information Security Officer (BISO) responsible for?

The ICT Risk Officer / Business Information Security Officer (BISO) will provide oversight, strategy and serve as a trusted advisor on behalf of FTIS, Luxembourg ManCo and Global Service Organizations. This role provides support, leadership and guidance for Franklin Templeton Risk, Security and Technology programs supporting local and enterprise business initiatives.

The role must have a technical background and be able to understand technologies, their purpose, and security and resilience requirements. The role should also understand risk identification, assessment, threats, as well as risk mitigations and technical controls recommended by security leaders.

What are the ongoing responsibilities of a Business Information Security Officer?- Serve as a trusted advisor with FTIS, Luxembourg ManCo Conducting Officer(s) and business leadership.-
- Act as a liaison to ensure practices are built into business initiatives for the entire lifecycle.- Be actively informed and engaged in projects and strategic efforts across the business.- Enforce the strong risk and security culture, ensuring uniformity across risk leadership, business units and employees.- Advise business units on enterprise-wide people, process and technology security recommendations.- Maintain up-to-date knowledge related to security threats, vulnerabilities and mitigations set forth to reduce the attack surface; circulate this knowledge through the business units.- In conjunction with security and Conducting Officer(s), define key performance indicators (KPIs), metrics and reports.- Stay abreast of new laws, regulations and standards, and assess their business impact. Act as point of contact with the CSSF. Review (with Conducting Officer) new circulars and best practices.- Stays abreast of the security industry threat landscape and networks with industry peers, specifically within financial services industry.- Review and approve risk exceptions (with the support of the Conducting Officer).- Support Security and Risk Audit Process and Procedures.

What ideal qualifications, skills & experience would help someone to be successful?
- Required Qualifications:_- 6-10 years cybersecurity and/or risk experience (or information technology coupled with cybersecurity).- Strong written and verbal communication skills across all levels of the organization.- Capable of working with diverse teams and promoting an enterprise-wide positive security culture.- High level of integrity, trustworthiness and confidence, and able to represent the company and security leadership with the highest level of professionalism.- Adept at understanding business focus and processes and ability to inject cybersecurity into the business through teamwork and influence.- Experience leading geographically distributed and culturally diverse workgroups- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, French and English language fluency strongly preferred.- Strong organization and planning skills.- Strong interpersonal / relationship management skills.- Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, or an equivalent combination of education, certification, and experience.
- Desired Qualifications:_- Experience in Financial Services- CISSP, CRISC, CISM and/or SANS certification a plus.- Prior experience in a Risk, IT Engineering, Architect or Operations Service Delivery role

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