First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is Nigeria’s largest financial services institution by total assets and gross earnings. With more than 10 million customer accounts, FirstBank has over 750 branches providing a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services. The Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank DRC, FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Gambia, FBNBank Guinea, FBNBank Sierra-Leone and FBNBank Senegal, as well as its Representative Offices in Johannesburg, Beijing and Abu Dhabi. Since its establishment in 1894, FirstBank has consistently built relationships with customers focusing on the fundamentals of good corporate governance, strong liquidity, risk management and leadership. Over the years, the Bank has led the financing of private investment in infrastructure development in the Nigerian economy by playing key roles in the Federal Government’s privatisation and commercialisation schemes. With its global reach, FirstBank provides prospective investors wishing to explore the vast business opportunities that are available in Nigeria, an internationally competitive world-class brand and a credible financial partner. The Bank has been named "The Best Bank Brand in Nigeria” four times in a row - 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 - by the globally renowned "The Banker Magazine” of the Financial Times Group; and "Most Innovative Bank in Africa” in the EMEA Finance African Banking Awards 2014. FirstBank’s brand purpose is to always put its customers, partners and all stakeholders at the heart of its business, even as it is poised to standardise customer experience and excellence in financial solutions across Sub Saharan Africa, in consonance with its brand vision "To be the partner of first choice in building your future”. Our brand promise is to always deliver the ultimate "gold standard” of value and excellence. This commitment is anchored on FirstBank’s inherent values of passion, partnership and people, to position our customers first in every respect.
- Define, direct and support security efforts through development and ensuring enforcement of Information/Cybersecurity policies, framework, procedures, baselines and other forms of guidance that should be followed by staff, vendors and other external parties.
- Manage information/Cybersecurity risk management programs for the Bank
- Lead and mentor the Information/Cybersecurity risk team and other functional partners to conduct and meet cybersecurity risk management objectives for the Bank
- Manage Information security standards implementation, maintenance and co-ordination (ISO 27001, PCI DSS, etc.) readiness and certification to optimize FirstBank overall information security posture.
- Manage independent and external Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration test (VAPT) and track remedial action.
- Evaluate all identifiable Information/Cybersecurity vulnerabilities, threats, likelihood of successful exploit, potential impact, weak controls and associated risk using appropriate tools and methodologies.
- Proactively and independently provide Information and cybersecurity risk report to Senior Management
- Provide technical expertise for security risk assessment, recommendation and regularly engage stakeholders for timely remediation of identified security gaps and process improvement.
- Provide oversight functions of information security disciplines, compliance, technologies, and guidelines
- Manage on-going external security audit process from Certifying Body such as British Standard Institute (BSI), Payment Card Industry Security Standard council (PCI SSC)/Qualified Security Assessor(QSA), CBN and other regulatory bodies, liaising with relevant stakeholders on established audit requirements and any identified corrective action.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum Education: First Degree in computer science/Engineering
- Professional Certifications: Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), ISO27001 Lead Implementer, ISO27032 Cyber Security Lead manager or any Cybersecurity Professional Certifications
- Minimum of 12 years’ experience in facilitating and conducting security assessments related to PCIDSS, ISO 27001, and Cybersecurity Framework.
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