Full-Time Principal Consultant - Cyber Risk
Palo Alto Networks is hiring a remote Full-Time Principal Consultant - Cyber Risk. The career level for this job opening is Experienced and is accepting Santa Clara, CA based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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Your CareerThe Principal Consultant, Cyber Risk Management Advisory for Proactive Services is focused on leading our Governance, Risk, and Compliance team across a comprehensive portfolio of clients. The individual will assess security risk across multiple frameworks and act as a technical key team member in client engagements. They will be the client’s advocate for cybersecurity risk management and will provide strong recommendations in this domain.
Your Impact
- Security standards within professional services
- Industry knowledge of and experience with cybersecurity best practices within Governance Risk and Compliance to provide recommendations to proactively improve our client’s security posture and maturity
- Lead and support Advisory engagements such as Tabletop Exercises, Cyber Risk Assessments, Incident Response Plan development, Ransomware Readiness Reviews & Breach Readiness Reviews
- The ability to work across multiple frameworks and regulatory standards including, but not limited to, NIST CSF, CIS20, ISO, GDPR, CCPA, NYDFS, SOX, and HIPAA
- Manage team, monitor progress, track budget, manage risk and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes while defining potential impacts and creating an effective mitigation strategy for multiple projects at a given time
- Skilled at proactively identifying security risks and vulnerabilities while eliminating cybersecurity threats via stakeholder interviews, documentation review, and deep-dive testing and control validation
- Ensure client controls meet legal, regulatory, privacy, policy, standards and security requirements
- Effectively write and communicate audit, assessment, or compliance results, findings, and recommendations to stakeholders
- Effectively and efficiently communicate to external stakeholders in a professional manner
- Ability to scope new opportunities with prospective clients, including drafting statements of work and proposals
- Ability to perform travel requirements as needed to meet business demands (on average ~30%)
Your Experience
- 6+ years of experience performing information security and risk assessments based upon industry-accepted standards.
- Former professional services and consulting experience preferred
- Experience managing a team of consultants
- Experience with GRC tools, technology, and implementation
- Experience with security assessments/audits, drafting findings and recommendations, and prioritizing recommendations via quantitative risk scoring
- Demonstrate a track record in strengthening existing and developing new client relationships
- Knowledge of computer forensic tools, technologies and methods
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security or equivalent years of professional experience or equivalent military experience to meet job requirements and expectations