Director of Security/GRC, Censys
$180-237k
Salary vaires depending on location. Plus bonus eligibility and equity
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Attack surface management & internet visibility
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Attack surface management & internet visibility
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$180-237k
Salary vaires depending on location. Plus bonus eligibility and equity
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower enterprises with the tools and insights to manage their attack surface effectively, without compromising the speed of the business.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, with at least 3 years in a senior leadership or Director-level role
- Demonstrated experience owning and operating enterprise security programs including DLP, insider threat, and detection and response
- Deep familiarity with compliance frameworks including ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, CMMC, NIST, and GDPR
- Experience building and managing security telemetry, SIEM, and detection engineering programs
- Strong understanding of cloud security (AWS, GCP, or Azure), endpoint security, and identity and access management
- Proven ability to lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing security team
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex security concepts to executive leadership, legal, and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience managing security incident response, including coordination across Legal, HR, and executive leadership
- Background in security program development within a high-growth or scale-up environment
What the job involves
- As the Director of Security & GRC, you will lead Censys’ corporate security function and its governance, risk, and compliance programs
- You will be responsible for ensuring our systems are highly available, highly secure, and easy to use, while maintaining rigorous adherence to key compliance frameworks including ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, UK NCSC Cyber Essentials+, and CMMC
- You will also own our data loss prevention, insider threat, and security telemetry programs, ensuring Censys has the visibility and controls needed to detect and respond to threats effectively
- This role requires a seasoned security leader who can operate at the intersection of hands-on technical security and strategic compliance management—building scalable systems and processes that act as force multipliers across the organization
- Own, build, and scale the team and systems for Censys’ corporate security infrastructure
- Own company security needs from endpoint provisioning to deploying tools that improve our overall security posture while keeping things simple for all employees
- Manage the Security team; delegate day-to-day workloads and ensure coverage of critical functions during PTO to maintain a high SLA
- Own the complete endpoint lifecycle including provisioning, application deployment, security controls, and asset retirement
- Work closely with internal teams to enforce compliance across endpoints and help users understand how security policies impact their daily work
- Manage and secure cloud environments and coordinate security configuration of software and tools
- Develop and deliver Security Awareness Training to internal users
- Collect and create documentation for security processes and build out a knowledge base for the team
- Design, implement, and manage the company’s Data Loss Prevention (DLP) program, including policies, tooling, and enforcement across endpoints, cloud, and email
- Own and operate the insider threat program, including behavioral monitoring, investigation workflows, and coordination with Legal, HR, and senior leadership as required
- Partner with engineering and infrastructure teams to ensure security telemetry and logging coverage meets both operational and compliance requirements
- Lead the development and implementation of Censys’ compliance strategy to achieve and maintain compliance with ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, UK NCSC Cyber Essentials+, and CMMC, in partnership with the Security and Operations teams
- Develop, review, and update organizational policies and procedures to align with compliance and governance requirements
- Oversee timely responses to security questionnaires and other sales requests relating to organizational and product security and privacy
- Validate and respond to inbound legal process as required by federal law
- Assist in the procurement process to review proposed purchases for security and privacy concerns
- Manage control and process libraries
- Conduct ongoing risk assessments
- Other duties as assigned
Our take
Censys is the leading provider of continuous attack surface management, as its platform provides the world’s most comprehensive real-time view of global networks and devices. Its market-leading internet datasets and comprehensive certificate database, as well as its integrations with common cloud providers, uncover the hidden links between assets, unknown assets and associated risks, and provides a comprehensive internet inventory.
Some of its customers include Google, NATO, FireEye, Swiss Armed Forces, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and over 10% of the Fortune 500. While the company has been growing rapidly (seeing triple-digit year on year revenue growth) Censys remains focused on accelerating R&D, engineering, and product/sales operations, particularly in Western Europe.
$75 million in funding awarded in 2023 is being used to fund its expansion and consolidate its status as a leading player in global internet infrastructure. Between 2022 and 23, the company enjoyed a 130% annual growth, an upward trajectory that is only set to continue.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Mar 2026
$40m
SERIES D
Oct 2023
$50m
SERIES C
Total funding: $143.1m
Company benefits
- Remote Work Opportunities
- Health & Wellness Benefits
- 401K
- Family Medical Leave
- Maternity & Paternity Leave
- PTO, Sick Days, Bereavement Leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Learning & Development
Company HQ
Old West Side, Ann Arbor, MI
Leadership
Zakir Durumeric
(Co-Founder & CEO)Is also an Assistant Professor at Stanford University and a Board Director at ZeroRISC.
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