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CISO

BrusselsHybridHours negotiable<3months

Develop and operationalize the cybersecurity strategy and multi-year roadmap for an organization.

  • Build and maintain the Information Security Management System (ISMS) and the governance framework.
  • Lead the Security by Design program and integrate security into projects, processes, systems, and digital initiatives.
  • Identify, analyze, and follow up on cyber risks, including risk registers, treatment plans, and residual risks.
  • Integrate cyber risk management into Enterprise Risk Management.
  • Advise business and IT on cybersecurity, cloud, data, AI, and digital transformations.
  • Establish and maintain security policies, standards, and guidelines.
  • Guide audits, gap assessments, maturity assessments, and control assessments.
  • Ensure compliance with ISO 27001, NIS2, GDPR, and relevant sectoral obligations.
  • Evaluate penetration tests, risk analyses, and technical security assessments.
  • Develop KPIs, KRIs, and reports for the management, Audit Committee, and Board of Directors.
  • Follow up on security incidents, root-cause analyses, and structural improvement actions from the second line.
  • Support Third-Party Risk Management and security assessments of critical suppliers.
  • Build security awareness and an organization-wide security culture.
  • Create support and foster collaboration between management, business, IT, and other stakeholders.
  • Monitor the progress and effectiveness of the cybersecurity program and independently escalate material risks.

Profile

  • At least 10 years of relevant experience in cybersecurity, information security, cyber risk management, or cybersecurity governance.
  • Proven experience as CISO, vCISO, or senior cybersecurity advisor.
  • Experience in developing and managing multi-year cybersecurity and transformation programs.
  • Thorough knowledge of ISO 27001, NIS2, GDPR, cyber risk management, and cybersecurity governance.
  • Sufficient technical knowledge to substantively assess risk analyses, penetration tests, and security assessments.
  • Broad knowledge of IAM, data protection, DevSecOps, detection and response, and Third-Party Risk Management.
  • Experience with audits, maturity assessments, and following up on improvement measures.
  • Experience with reporting to management, Audit Committee, or Board of Directors.
  • Strategic insight combined with a pragmatic, hands-on approach.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to translate technical risks into concrete business impact.
  • Strong in stakeholder management, advising, persuasiveness, and building support.
  • Ability to advise independently and critically from a second-line function, respecting the ownership of business and IT.
  • Willingness to develop analyses, concrete solutions, and deliverables independently.

Preferences.

  • Experience with digitalization, cloud transformation, data, and AI initiatives.

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