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Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Assurance

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Summary

Leads second-line cybersecurity assurance within the CISO office of a Malaysian payments company: runs cyber drills, control assurance reviews, VAPT/red-team/compromise assessments, threat intelligence and phishing simulations, governs cyber incidents, and ensures BNM and PayNet requirements are met.

Salary: RM 13,000 – RM 18,000 per month

Job Responsibilities:

  • Conduct cyber drills to assess and improve cyber incident response and recovery capabilities, including cyber incident governance.

  • Conduct control assurance reviews to evaluate the effectiveness of controls and processes.

  • Validate remediation activities performed by the First Line of Defense (1LOD) following Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) and Compromise Assessments.

  • Lead overall Vulnerability Assessments, including Red Team Assessments, Compromise Assessments, and Crowdsourced Programs.

  • Perform threat intelligence activities, including analyzing, mapping, and reporting Indicators of Compromise (IoCs).

  • Manage phishing simulation exercises covering email, voice, and deepfake scenarios.

  • Govern cyber incidents and serve as the alternate Cybersecurity Incident Manager.

  • Research and recommend the latest enhanced security controls applicable to the company.

  • Carry out Cyber Resilience Maturity roll-out initiatives in collaboration with ITD to improve the maturity level.

  • Review Vulnerability Assessment reports and ensure that the First Line of Defense executes mitigation plans according to the agreed timelines.

  • Perform tasks required by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and PayNet, specifically those applicable to the Second Line of Defense within the CISO Office.

Job Requirements:

  • 5–7 years of relevant experience in Information Security / IT Risk managerial position preferably in financial environment.

  • A graduate degree in Information Technology / Computer Science or other relevant major.

  • Preferably a professional certificate in Information Security / IT Risk / IT Security.

  • Experience in Vulnerabilities Assessment and Penetration Test, Read Team Exercise, Threat Hunting.

  • Exposure to IT technical e.g., security administrator, system and network administrator.


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