Director of Information Security, Urbint
CA$170-200k
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AI-driven risk prediction for infrastructure industries
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AI-driven risk prediction for infrastructure industries
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
CA$170-200k
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
Urbint's mission is to efficiently and accurately predict and prevent incidents that threaten critical infrastructure, workers, the community, and the environment.
Role
Who you are
- This role requires a strategic thinker with strong technical expertise and leadership skills who can collaborate across departments to ensure security is embedded in all aspects of our operations and products
- Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or a related field
- 8+ years of experience in information security, with at least 3 years in a leadership role at a software company
- In-depth knowledge of information security principles, technologies, and best practices
- Hands-on experience with security tools such as SIEM, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and encryption technologies
- Familiarity with SaaS cloud security, particularly in GCP, Azure, or AWS environments
- Strong understanding of web application security concepts, including OWASP vulnerabilities and common attack vectors
- Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or equivalent are strongly preferred
- Proven ability to lead and develop a security team
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and drive change across the organization
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution
What the job involves
- The Director of Information Security, reporting to our Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO), will be responsible for developing, implementing, and managing a comprehensive information security program that safeguards Urbint’s and our customers’ data, systems, and assets
- Strategy & Compliance
- Develop and implement a company-wide information security strategy for both Urbint’s products and internal systems
- Establish and maintain security policies, standards, and procedures
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory requirements (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001)
- Be the designated privacy officer for Urbint
- Risk Management
- Conduct regular risk assessments and vulnerability analyses
- Identify and prioritize security risks; develop and implement mitigation strategies
- Develop and maintain an incident response plan to guide the organization’s response to security breaches
- Oversee incident response planning and execution, including post-incident analysis and remediation
- Develop and test the business continuity/disaster recovery plans for Urbint
- Customer Cybersecurity Questionnaires
- Lead the creation and management of responses to customer cybersecurity questionnaires, ensuring accuracy and alignment with our security policies and practices
- Work closely with sales and customer success teams to address customer security concerns and communicate our security posture effectively
- Team Leadership & Development
- Foster a culture of security awareness, conduct security training
- Build, mentor, and lead a small team of security professionals as Urbint’s needs grow
- Platform Operations
- Lead the SRE team operating and securing Urbint’s US production SaaS environment, creating a secure platform for all products
- Security Operations Governance
- Manage security monitoring, threat detection, and response activities for Urbint’s corporate infrastructure and products
- Ensure regular security testing, including penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, and code reviews
- Spec and manage common security tools (e.g., SIEM), enabling the operations and development teams to use the tools for their product areas
- Product Security
- Collaborate with IT, DevOps, product development, and other teams to ensure security best practices are integrated into the development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Ensure the SDLC covers testing, developing, architecting, and managing secure systems including e.g. penetration and fuzz testing, DAST, SAST, threat modeling, S-BOM generation and management, and data encryption policies
- Third-Party Management
- Assess and manage security risks associated with third-party vendors and partners
- Implement and enforce security requirements in vendor contracts
- Reporting & Communication
- Regularly report on the status of the information security program to executive leadership
- Communicate security risks and issues effectively to non-technical stakeholders
- Lead security awareness training for all employees
Our take
Infrastructural companies must be particularly vigilant in identifying and preventing incidents, due to the damage they could cause and the loss of access to services that customers may experience. However, the lack of visibility of a wide range of issues such as worker safety and infrastructural damage makes this difficult, and this regularly results in expensive incidents.
Urbint provides an AI-driven platform for incident detection and prevention within infrastructural industries such as energy, telecommunication, and networking companies. The company leverages AI and the analysis of real-world data to assess the risk of incidents on infrastructural projects, ensuring that clients have the appropriate software and insights to predict and prevent incidents days in advance.
Whilst incident prediction and prevention of digital infrastructure is commonplace, Urbint has recognized the lack of such a solution for physical infrastructures such as gas, electric, and communication industries. Through its platform, the company claims that it can reduce the likelihood and thus time, health risk, and financial cost of infrastructural incidents, whilst improving efficiency within incident ticket management systems.
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Insights
57% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2024
$35m
LATE VC
Aug 2021
$60m
SERIES C
Total funding: $161.4m
Company benefits
- Best in class medical coverage
- Flexible vacation
- Parental leave and PTO for volunteering in the community
- Wellness stipend
- Energy-stipend
- Educational allowance
- We hold regular All Hands meetings to promote transparency and host virtual and in-person activities to foster employee connection
Company values
- Passionate about customers - We strive to deliver sustainable value and exceed expectations, and we’re not satisfied until our customers are raving fans
- Focus on impact - We measure and strive to continuously improve our real-world impact
- Be decisive - We make timely, informed, and pragmatic decisions to keep the organization moving forward
- Be tenacious - We are agile in our approach to addressing challenges but firm in our beliefs
- Build trust - Our values are the building blocks to trust. As we live them, we grow and build lasting relationships
- Win together - We efficiently leverage our diverse skills and perspectives for one another, united by our shared vision
Company HQ
Midtown West, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Corey Capasso
(CEO)Experience as Co-founder and President of Spinback. Founder & President of Nomi from 2012 to 2015.
Josh Troy
(CFO)Finances Director of CompStak from 2014 to 2016. Experience as Vice President of Finance for Spotad.
Ryan Schmukler
(CTO)Co-founder and CTO of Spotlight.fm from 2012 to 2014. Experience as Open Source Developer for Google.
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