Cyber Security Analyst at KCB Bank Kenya

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, implement, and maintain data security controls such as data classification, labelling, encryption, and data loss prevention (DLP), across systems, applications, and cloud platforms.
• Develop and maintain data security policies, standards, procedures and Minimum-Security Configuration Baseline Standards in line with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations and frameworks (e.g., Kenya Data Protection Act, ISO 27001, GDPR, and/or other relevant standards).
• Collaborate with the Cybersecurity Intelligence and Security Operations Centre (CISOC) in the continuous monitoring and defense of the Bank’s infrastructure against cybersecurity threat.
• Support secure adoption of new technologies, applications, and platforms to ensure cybersecurity requirements are met before introduction to production environments.
• Lead the end-to-end vulnerability management lifecycle for databases and datastores by executing assessments across cloud and on-premises infrastructure, performing risk-based prioritization, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to remediate and continuously report on compliance.
• Support cybersecurity risk assessments and remediation by leveraging technical knowledge to remediate gaps identified by assurance teams such as Information Risk and Audit teams.
• Support internal and external audits related to data security and privacy.
• Continuous research and provide technical expertise across the different business and technical functions, conduct data security awareness and user training sessions across the group.

MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Academic & Professional

• Education     Bachelor’s Degree    BSc. IT / Computer Science or related field    RQ

Professional Qualifications    

• Security certification such as 
• SC-401: Information Protection Administrator Associate CISA: Certified Information
• CEH: Certified Ethical Hacker;
• CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor;
• CISM: Certified Information Security Manager 
• CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional
• SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner; 
• CompTIA Security+
• At least one RQ
• Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP)
• SC-900: Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals, CyberOps Professional, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) AA
• Oracle Database certifications in either OCP/ Oracle Database Security
• Microsoft Database certifications such as MCDBA AA

Experience

Detail    Minimum No of Years    Need Type[1]

• Experience in IT Administration    1    ES
• Experience in Cyber Security     1    ES