Business Information Security Officer

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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PwC’s global cybersecurity strategy revolves around four key points: to identify, control, and reduce the attack surface across the member firm network, and increase our adversaries’ cost of attack. Our mission protects 300,000+ PwC members across 157 member firms worldwide, as well as our global clients. This role is part of PwC’s global Network Information Security (NIS) organisation, and NIS is accountable for delivering our cybersecurity strategy and programme.

The Business Information Security Officer (BISO) team works closely with business stakeholders to understand their business model and roadmap for technology, acting as the primary interface between the business and the global security organisation. Management of relationships with the business is key to delivering on our global cybersecurity strategy. Whether it be implementing new solutions, driving operational effectiveness and efficiency or providing guidance back to global teams to further enhance our strategy, the BISO team provides the engagement and builds stakeholder relationships to enable the security organisation to deliver maximum value to the firm. This role works with business teams to help identify and manage cyber security risk.

The role will form part of the wider Australasia Business Information Security Officers (BISO) team, and is the sole NZ-based position. This role is newly created, and has come about due to a relocation of the previous NZ-based team member who was fulfilling this position. The key focus of this role is maintaining and developing cybersecurity engagement with both the NZ firm and the wider global security community.

This BISO Senior Associate role is primarily focused towards:

Working closely with local stakeholder groups to drive our global cybersecurity strategy. This includes IT, Legal, Risk Management, and client-facing teams who deliver technology-based solutions to our clients.

Assisting business teams with navigating various security assessment processes and teams, providing security guidance and support

Assisting with identification and management of information security risk areas eg: vulnerabilities, control deficiencies etc

Management and delivery of both planned projects and risk reduction initiatives from gathering business requirements to working with technical teams, testing and rolling out changes

Being the “face of NIS” within the PwC New Zealand, interfacing between the business and the NIS operational teams

Previous experience in a similar cybersecurity role working with the business (1 to 3 years)

The ability to easily communicate and explain cybersecurity principles to non-technical stakeholders

Taking data and translating into a relatable, digestible, creative form to use with business teams and senior stakeholders (eg presentations, dashboards, reports)

Enjoy helping people with problem solving, customer service outlook - working with business teams to achieve positive outcome

Ability to manage workload - prioritise and recognise when to escalate to management

An interest of PwC’s business model, service offerings, and business operating environment as it pertains to the firm’s threat landscape

Experience working in a Globally distributed team is advantageous

Mo te aha tāu e tatari ana? / What are you waiting for?

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

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Senior Associate Job Description & Summary

Kia Ora,

PwC’s global cybersecurity strategy revolves around four key points: to identify, control, and reduce the attack surface across the member firm network, and increase our adversaries’ cost of attack. Our mission protects 300,000+ PwC members across 157 member firms worldwide, as well as our global clients. This role is part of PwC’s global Network Information Security (NIS) organisation, and NIS is accountable for delivering our cybersecurity strategy and programme.

The Business Information Security Officer (BISO) team works closely with business stakeholders to understand their business model and roadmap for technology, acting as the primary interface between the business and the global security organisation. Management of relationships with the business is key to delivering on our global cybersecurity strategy. Whether it be implementing new solutions, driving operational effectiveness and efficiency or providing guidance back to global teams to further enhance our strategy, the BISO team provides the engagement and builds stakeholder relationships to enable the security organisation to deliver maximum value to the firm. This role works with business teams to help identify and manage cyber security risk.

Ngā Kōrero mo tēnei tūranga / About the role

The role will form part of the wider Australasia Business Information Security Officers (BISO) team, and is the sole NZ-based position. This role is newly created, and has come about due to a relocation of the previous NZ-based team member who was fulfilling this position. The key focus of this role is maintaining and developing cybersecurity engagement with both the NZ firm and the wider global security community.

This BISO Senior Associate role is primarily focused towards:

Working closely with local stakeholder groups to drive our global cybersecurity strategy. This includes IT, Legal, Risk Management, and client-facing teams who deliver technology-based solutions to our clients.

Assisting business teams with navigating various security assessment processes and teams, providing security guidance and support

Assisting with identification and management of information security risk areas eg: vulnerabilities, control deficiencies etc

Management and delivery of both planned projects and risk reduction initiatives from gathering business requirements to working with technical teams, testing and rolling out changes

Being the “face of NIS” within the PwC New Zealand, interfacing between the business and the NIS operational teams

Ngā pūkenga kei a koe / Skills and experience

Previous experience in a similar cybersecurity role working with the business (1 to 3 years)

The ability to easily communicate and explain cybersecurity principles to non-technical stakeholders

Taking data and translating into a relatable, digestible, creative form to use with business teams and senior stakeholders (eg presentations, dashboards, reports)

Enjoy helping people with problem solving, customer service outlook - working with business teams to achieve positive outcome

Ability to manage workload - prioritise and recognise when to escalate to management

An interest of PwC’s business model, service offerings, and business operating environment as it pertains to the firm’s threat landscape

Project management skills

Experience working in a Globally distributed team is advantageous

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