ISMS Risk Assessor

منذ 4 أيام

Muscat, عُمان Bahwan CyberTek دوام كامل

· Develop, review, update/improve and maintain the Cybersecurity Risk Management and related governance and compliance documents.

· Plan assessments by confirming scope, context, stakeholders, assets/services, information classification, dependencies, assumptions and required evidence.

· Facilitate risk assessment workshops with business/system/process/service/application/risk owners and technical support team.

· Develop precise cause-event-impact risk statements and identify credible threat scenarios, vulnerabilities, existing controls and control gaps.

· Assess inherent and residual risk using PDO-approved likelihood, impact and risk acceptance criteria; calibrate scoring and document rationale.

· Evaluate control design and implementation through interviews, document review, observation and sampling, while preserving an evidence trail.

· Develop proportionate risk treatment options and assist risk owners to define actions, action parties, target dates and measurable completion evidence.

· Prepare risk assessment reports, risk-register entries from various sources (such as Annual Assessments, Projects, Internal/External Audits, etc.), executive summaries, dashboards and escalation inputs suitable for governance decisions.

· Perform periodic and change-triggered reassessments; update risk status and validate treatment evidence and residual risk.

· Support risk acceptance, exception and escalation workflows without replacing the accountability of the designated risk owner.

· Identify systemic or recurring themes and recommend practical improvements to methodology, controls, templates and reporting.

· Support ISMS internal audit, certification, management review and continual improvement activities when assigned.

· Maintain complete working papers, version control, confidentiality and traceability for every assessment.

Category

Mandatory requirement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a closely related discipline. A postgraduate qualification is advantageous.

ISO competency

Valid ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor or Lead Implementer certification from a recognized personnel certification/training body.

Risk / security credential

At least two valid professional certifications: CRISC, CISSP, CISM or CISA.

Verification

Service provider must provide certificate numbers or verifiable evidence before interview. Course attendance certificates alone do not satisfy a professional certification requirement.