Cyber Strategy Consultant Accenture Middle East

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Develop and maintain a cybersecurity strategy that aligns to the organization's business strategy.

• Work with stakeholders to develop cybersecurity policies and associated documentation in alignment with the organization's cybersecurity strategy.

• Ensure that cybersecurity requirements for IT are aligned with the organization s cybersecurity strategy.

• Develop and customize cyber threat landscapes.

• Promote and demonstrate the value of cybersecurity to stakeholders within an organization.

• Review the effectiveness of the organization's cybersecurity controls against its strategic goals.

• Advise on security requirements to be included in RFP process, project and change management processes.

• Ensure that acquired or developed systems and architectures are consistent with organization's cybersecurity architecture guidelines.

• Develop and address security architecture and systems security engineering requirements throughout the acquisition life cycle.

• Ensure that organizational cybersecurity strategy is effectively addressed by cybersecurity policies and related documents.

• Brief senior management on cybersecurity controls required to protect the organization.

• Ensure that protection and detection capabilities are aligned with the organization's cybersecurity strategy, policies and other related documentation

• Periodically review cybersecurity strategy, policies and related documents to maintain compliance with applicable legislation and regulation.

• Obtain resources to develop and implement effective processes to meet strategic cybersecurity goals.

• Ensure that cybersecurity architecture design is aligned with the organization's cybersecurity strategy.

• Identify alternative cybersecurity strategies to address organizational security objective.

• Review the effectiveness of the organization's cybersecurity controls against its strategic goals.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

• Consulting, stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills

• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment

• Flexibility to travel

• Ability to apply cybersecurity and privacy principles to organizational requirements.

• Knowledge of the organization's IT strategy and objectives.

• Knowledge in identifying the business critical systems and application.

• Knowledge of Enterprise Risk Management processes.

• Knowledge of developing cyber threat landscapes.

• Ability to understand and translate future cybersecurity considerations and industry trends into the cybersecurity strategy.

• Ability to optimize systems to meet enterprise performance requirements

• Knowledge and understanding of risk assessment, mitigation, and management methods.

• Knowledge of relevant cybersecurity and privacy principles and related legislative and regulatory requirements.

• Knowledge of cybersecurity-related threats and vulnerabilities.

• Knowledge and understanding of new technologies and solutions from a cybersecurity perspective.

• Knowledge of key security management concepts.