The UK House of Commons is looking to appoint a new Director of Cyber Security for the Parliamentary Digital Service.
A contract notice published on the Civil Service Jobs website stated that the selected candidate will have to take overall responsibility for the Palace of Westminster’s cybersecurity strategy.
Work involves maintaining awareness of both internal and external threats and to act as a cybersecurity advocate to members of both Houses.
The duties of the Director of Cyber Security will be divided across four main categories – cybersecurity governance, cybersecurity programmes and projects, risk management, and response management.
The governance segment includes providing strategic advice to Parliament on existing and emerging cyber threats and leading the Parliamentary Digital Service’s Cyber Security team, while the projects section will take care of investment plans in technologies and their ongoing support.
Risk management includes the development of “analytical and continuous” processes to monitor and mitigate against threats. Response management covers the deployment of “processes for detecting, identifying and analysing…
