The Challenge:
As a Chief Information Security Officer, you are the leader of the Information Security Management System (ISMS) within our client’s global organization. You are responsible for incident response, monitoring, prevention and awareness regarding information security. You report directly to the Global CIO (in US) on the performance of our client’s management system, including reports related to the information security management system (ISMS). The focus will initially be on the Netherlands, Norway and America. Australia will join soon.
Obviously, without you our client’s ISMS is not under control. You facilitate the improvement processes in the organization and ensure that our client’s management system meets relevant requirements. These include requirements for information security according ISO 27001. Besides, you are responsible for environmental management system according to the ISO 14001 standard. Together with important counterparts within company, you develop efficient, complete and integrated workflows, processes and procedures and ensure that these are documented in the internal knowledge base. They are audited periodically to assess their continued level of compliance. You will provide steering information and discussion with counterparts to maintain and improve their internal systems and communication. It goes without saying that you ensure that their systems are set up in such a way that they manage to get through this audit smoothly.
Because you are aware of current laws and regulations, you know how to translate the requirements from relevant certifications and quality labels to their people. You ensure that complex processes and themes become transparent, consistent, logical and understandable to the business. Because you are a pleasant conversation partner, your counterparts are happy to help you carry out their work according to the workflows, processes and procedures you have determined. In fact, you know how to create a mindset with them that is fully focused on continuously optimizing the internal organization!