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Senior Security Consultant (QSA) APAC

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This job is a Senior Security Consultant who leads security audits and ensures compliance with regulations in the APAC region. You might like this job because you get to foster a culture of security improvement while working with diverse teams to protect company assets.

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Mid Valley , Kuala Lumpur

Job Description

  Key Responsibilities​

Security Leadership

  • Lead security audits, support our business in security related customer requests and interactions.
  • Provide regular security updates to management
  • Foster a culture of continuous security improvement throughout the organization
  • Communicate effectively with business and customer stakeholders to ensure security compliance of measures that protect assets while enabling business efficiency

Compliance & Regulatory Management

  • Navigate complex regulatory frameworks including frameworks such as PCI-DSS, ISO-27001, and regional Privacy and Banking regulations
  • Coordinate regulatory and customer audits, ensuring identified risks are properly mitigated
  • Partner with regional and global security officers to develop and maintain an Information Security Management System (ISMS) in line with local expectations
  • Partner with the compliance, risk and business continuity office to interpret and implement regulatory and card scheme mandates, translating complex requirements into practical, executable procedures.

Security Management

  • Ensure issues are translated into our overall risk management framework and implement effective risk management strategies
  • Partner with Sales, Customer Service, Technical Operations and business units to align security requirements and processes.
  • Engage with regional legal teams to ensure security policies reflect the latest payment security regulations
  • Managing and responding to security incidents by co-ordinating with our Global SOC in assessing the situation, coordinating response efforts and implementing containment and recovery plans


Job Requirements

Experience & Education

  • 5 - 10 years of cybersecurity experience, with significant expertise in financial services industry
  • Minimum 3 years in an information security officer role
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, IT or related field
  • Professional security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, QSA, or security vendor specific certifications.

Technical Expertise

  • Relevant industry technical certifications such as AWS, Microsoft, Linux Foundation, Cisco, etc.
  • Extensive hands on experience of security impacting local laws and regulations
  • Strategic cybersecurity management experience in complex payment environments
  • Strong business acumen balancing security requirements with customer experience

Leadership & Communication

  • Leadership capability guiding diverse teams across multiple jurisdictions
  • Excellent communication skills with ability to translate complex security concepts to leadership and customer executives
  • Fluency in English, with additional regional languages (Mandarin, Malay and Thai) highly valued

Skills

IT Security

Additional Info

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Career Level

Senior Executive

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