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Our Purpose
We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.
Title and Summary
Director, Regional Security Who is Mastercard?Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.
Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
Mission First, People Always
As Corporate Security, we are responsible for keeping Mastercard safe and secure from cyber and physical threats, and it is our people on the frontlines who make this happen every day.
By taking care of our people, their wellbeing, and career development, we provide them the necessary tools and environment to ensure the success of our mission.
Overview
The Security Threat and Response Management Program is looking for a Director to join our team to support Regional Security for South Asia. The ideal candidate should be passionate about cyber and information security policies, governance, highly motivated, analytical, experienced in cybersecurity with exposure to regulatory environment and industry forums.
In this role, you will:
• Provide cyber and physical security leadership and representation to internal senior stakeholders, technology teams, risk and governance committees for South Asia division.
• Collaborate with broader Corporate Security team and cross-functional stakeholders to drive preparedness and implementation of security requirements from internal and external audits, regulatory obligations and related compliance requirements.
• Leverage knowledge of current technology, business environment, geo-political situation, to prompt security considerations and recommended actions.
• Lead and manage security reviews in partnership with security engineering team for Mastercard products and services in the region.
• Represent Mastercard on external forums and drive partnerships to promote the Mastercard brand, security thought leadership, share relevant information with industry peers, government, law enforcement etc. on cyber resilience and cybersecurity awareness, threat intelligence etc.
• Oversight and management of physical security operations, driving security culture and awareness, assisting on security incidents and crisis events.
All About You
The ideal candidate for this position should have:
• Have strong understanding of cyber security, governance and risk management practices and physical security operations.
• Experience in handling security audits, conducting assessments, senior stakeholder management.
• Strong knowledge of relevant industry standards and guidelines such as ISO27001, PCI-DSS, NIST SP800-53.
• Preferred security certification e.g. CISSP, CISM, PSP
• Be seen as a trusted advisor who understands business processes and can provide security consultation and advisory.
• Confident, analytical and able to drive security discussions with internal and external stakeholders
• Be a team player, culturally aware and able to collaborate with cross-regional teams
• Possess good communication and people management skills
NICE Framework References
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) competency proficiency levels of advanced to expert in the following areas (recommended no more than 6):
• Client Relationship Management
• Risk Management
• Interpersonal Skills
• Information Systems/Network Security
• Information Assurance
• Project Management
Corporate Security Responsibility
Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position must:
• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.
Corporate Security Responsibility
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.
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