Director - Cyber Security EMIRATES GLOBAL ALUMINIUM (EGA)

Here is the comprehensive breakdown of the Head of Cyber Security responsibilities, reformatted for clarity and readability:

Strategic Role

• Strategic Oversight: Provides leadership in the planning, execution, and assessment of all cybersecurity strategies, policies, and practices across both IT and OT environments.

• Program Leadership: Establishes and leads a comprehensive, enterprise-wide information security program to protect all assets against internal and external threats.

• Risk Management: Identifies, directs, and reports on information security risks to meet compliance requirements while enabling the organization to mitigate threats effectively.

• Key Liaison: Acts as the primary focal point for security communications, coordinating between internal staff, external resources, and national/international agencies.

• IT/OT Convergence: Works with automation leads to establish security controls for OT environments, ensuring secure integration and strict network segmentation to prevent lateral movement.

• Executive Advisory: Responsible for budgeting, project prioritization, and providing expert cybersecurity testimony and advice to leadership and executive agencies.

• Technical Depth: Maintains deep knowledge of cloud/on-premise infrastructure, automation control systems, and secure OT architecture to advance the digital ecosystem.

Budget & Financial Management

• Consolidation & Monitoring: Recommends and oversees the cybersecurity budget for IT and OT; monitors financial performance to identify cost-reduction opportunities and performance improvements.

Training & Awareness

• Program Development: Manages enterprise-wide IT/OT security training; provides guidance to management and staff to ensure policies and procedures are understood and followed.

Relationship Management

• Internal Collaboration: Establishes effective relationships with plant managers, control system engineers, and instrumentation teams to secure and monitor OT environments.

• External Stakeholders: Maintains professional relationships with vendors, contractors, and consultants, ensuring service delivery aligns with the highest ethical standards.

Leadership & People Management

• Departmental Performance: Manages the achievement of objectives by recruiting qualified staff, setting individual KPIs, and providing formal/informal feedback and appraisals.

Safety, Quality & Environment

• Compliance & Safety: Ensures departmental compliance with safety, quality, and environmental policies to guarantee employee safety and legislative adherence.

• Operational Integrity: Implements security controls in the OT environment without compromising system performance, safety, or production continuity.

Authority & Decision Making

• Independent Planning: Operates within broad policies but establishes the specific plans, priorities, and processes required to achieve organizational objectives.

• Line of Defense (LoD) Alignment: Collaborates with the 1st and 3rd Lines of Defense to ensure cybersecurity operations and auditing teams are fully aligned.