Lead IT Security Manager, CFC
3-5 days a week in office
Insurance products purpose-built for today's risks
Open for applications
Insurance products purpose-built for today's risks
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
3-5 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To simplify the way business insurance is bought and sold. As a specialist insurance provider, they offer purpose-built packages that are designed for risks that modern businesses face.
Role
Who you are
- You will be someone that has an exposure to environment where infrastructure management is heavily automated
- You will have experience in working with suppliers to negotiate and manage the service they provide
- Insurance experience would be advantageous, but not essential
- Defining and implementing IT security policies within a financial services organisation and with a demonstrable understanding of associated risk management
- Knowledge of security in a cloud hosted environment, especially using cloud native technologies in Azure
- Knowledge of secure development practices and relevant tooling
- Experience training others in security matters at all levels
- Great communication skills and the ability to influence others
- Experience running security testing processes such as tabletop exercises, phishing campaigns etc
- Knowledge of security audit requirements in financial services organisations and a proven track record working with auditors on such matters
What the job involves
- As CFC’s IT Security Manager you will be part of the technology team, the engine room of the business, providing bespoke systems that give CFC its competitive advantage in this dynamic marketing place
- As the Security Manager, you will liaise with security incident response experts, working with our infrastructure and development teams to ensure that our systems are appropriately secure, compliant and resilient while keeping up to date with industry changes
- You will also be expected to continuously educate people across the business in security matters and threats
- Reporting to: Dax Grant
- As the Security Manager you will be accountable for setting standards , ensuring that all people across the business understand their own responsibilities in relation to IT security
- You will have a clear understanding of how to navigate the inevitable tension between security concerns and business delivery drivers
- Accountability for creating and maintaining standards and their implementation
- Work with stakeholders and staff to nurture a culture where security is always in mind and seen as a critical part of everyone’s responsibility
- Creation of training materials and assisting with the continual upskilling of the whole company in relation to security matters relevant to their roles
- Provide day to day advice in security matters across the business
- Carry out business impact analysis activities relating to new changes and capabilities
- Working with our SOC to ensure that their incident detection models and alert response processes are kept appropriate and up to date
- Coordinating with our MSSP for the scoping and execution of vulnerability scanning and penetration testing
- Curation of security standards for development and infrastructure delivery and operations
- Facilitate internal / external IT security audits
- Working with development teams during the design phase of architectural changes to ensure that security is considered
- Running tabletop security exercises to test our response plans and capabilities
- Satisfying security related compliance and due diligence requests from capacity providers and auditors
- Scheduling and coordination of DR test exercises
Application process
- Applied
- Phone screening
- Frist stage interview
- Second stage interview
- Hired
Salary benchmarks
Our take
According to CFC, modern businesses of all sizes need insurance built for today's risks. CFC is a global specialist insurance platform aiming to protect businesses with policies that are specially designed for their needs.
The company differentiates itself through its proprietary technology and cutting-edge data science and delivers high-quality products to the market faster than its competitors. Moreover, it aspires to make it as easy as possible for brokers to do business. The company's main priority at this point is expanding its technical capabilities in key areas of underwriting and claims handling. Its products are used by more than 150,000 businesses in 90 countries.
According to the founder & former CEO, Dave Walsh, the company passed the test of time due to the strong culture it embraced within the organisation from the moment the company was created in 1999. The culture of the organisation involves aspiring to continually improve its systems and products, aiming to simplify specialist insurance, investing in innovative technologies and always doing the right thing.
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Company benefits
- Private healthcare insurance
- Generous parental packages
- Cycle to work scheme
- Qualifications sponsorship
- Subsidised gym membership
- Monthly in-office massages
- Paid volunteer time
- Discretionary bonus scheme
Company values
- Love what you do: We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and make the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers, and carriers
- Challenge everything: We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to make things better
- Have fun, be good: Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at CFC
Ellie Khan (Talent Acquisition & Inclusion)
- At CFC, the only thing we don’t tolerate is intolerance. Everyone is welcome, individuality is celebrated, and empathy is cultivated.
- We believe hiring the right people is one of the most important parts to building our business and we look for talented individuals with diverse perspectives and backgrounds.
- We invest in technology to minimise bias throughout the recruitment process.
- We have a dedicated "Together at CFC" team and a really exciting company-wide DEI calendar of events to participate in each year.
- We attend a diverse range of events and career fairs to learn more about DEI best practices and promote CFC as an inclusive business.
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