Cybersecurity Director

Thought Leadership and CISO Connects


Act as Sr SME for Short Term Consulting, Solutioning and Process Improvements


Enable execution of potential new engagements

• Provide thought leadership for organizations in manufacturing industry.
• Assist our clients in understanding todays cyber threat landscape, assess the maturity of their cyber security capabilities and define a strategy to become cyber resilient
• Active leadership in aspects of IT strategy relating to privacy, security and compliance assurance
• Provide input to and craft specialist points of view for the market
• Team management with good Information security technical expertise and ability to frontend customer interactions
• Provide advice and guidance on security strategies to manage identified risks and ensure adoption and adherence to standards
• Address client needs, enhancing the capabilities and effectiveness of client personnel, by ensuring that proposed solutions are properly understood and appropriately exploited
• Design, develop, review and implement security designs for new or existing technology systems
• Provide technology thought leadership, assessing priority of new project requests toward ensuring added value, promoting our business strategies and or advancing technology
• Develop strategies to address evolving threats to systems and data (advanced cyber-attacks, data exfiltration leakage, information extortion) and define priorities for improvements
• Assist in the development of an enterprise security architecture framework that addresses business needs
• Analyze current technology environment to identify deficiencies and recommend solutions, staying abreast of emerging security technologies and trends and apply them where appropriate
• Provide security thought leadership on core security questions facing the business employee protection and IAM, data protection, device protection, MDR/SOC, Cloud Security, Enterprise Vulnerability Management based on leading security practices and experience
• Collaborate with multiple technology groups to ensure that the application, integration, infrastructure, and security architectures are designed to meet evolving business requirements, standards for reliability, scalability and availability and align with the organizations Technology Roadmap
• Stay abreast of current IT and security industry trends, emerging security technologies, and security best practices for various industries
• Work with wider Cyber Security Practice of TCS to develop solutions catering to clients requirements

• Masters degree in computer science or Engineering or Telecom. Masters will be an added benefit.
• One or more of these certifications: CISSP, CISM, GIAC, VA, MCSA, GSEC, CCNA, CCSK, TOGAF, CCENT
• Relevant certifications pertaining to industry leading security tools standards frameworks
• 4 years of experience with Enterprise Security and CxO Advisory
• 13 years of hands-on experience in the cyber security field with responsibilities for at least two of the following three fields: cybersecurity program governance, security service delivery, and cyber security consulting advisory
• Broad understanding of security functions such as Application Security, Identity Access Mgmt. (IAM), and Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC)
• Experience leading client engagements; Business development expertise
• Strong consulting experience and an understandi ng of cyber security
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with all levels of staff, management (executives and Board of Directors), and external sources
• Executive briefing and reporting skills with attention to detail
• Strong presentation development and customer presentation skills
• Extensive experience in the delivery of secure technical solutions
• Problem solving attitude
• Proven work experience in cyber security
• Organizational and time management skills