Cyber Security Senior Incident Responder

London

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WPP

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, clients and communities.

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WPP IT provides IT services for WPP, the world’s largest communications services group. As a creative transformation company, WPP is helping its clients transform the future through extraordinary work. WPP IT is an integral part of that journey and we are proud to provide technology for some of the world’s most creative brands.

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Why we're hiring:

At WPP, technology is at the heart of everything we do, and it is WPP IT’s mission to enable everyone to collaborate, create and thrive. WPP IT is transforming to create our future IT together that will support the world’s largest creative transformation company. 

As we continue on this journey we require a Senior Security Incident Responder, responsible for all aspects of the organisations response to security incidents.  They will lead a team of security incident responders and analysts. Mentoring, coaching and managing more junior team members to ensure that the team is highly skilled and highly motivated.  

Reporting into the Cyber Security Operations Lead, you will also be responsible for reviewing, improving and maintaining a suite of security incident response procedures and playbooks. 

 

What you'll be doing:

  • Effectively manage security incidents, investigations, and forensic activities 
  • Lead and motivate a small security incident response team  
  • Maintain and improve incident response procedures and playbooks  
  • Build stakeholder relationships within the organisation itself as well as with suppliers and outside agencies 
  • Develop and manage a regular programme of cyber security incident simulations and exercises 
  • Act as a mentor to more junior security incident responders

 

What you'll need:

  • Significant experience of managing complex security incidents within a large multinational organisation 
  • Experience of leading security investigations and forensics 
  • Experience of managing a security incident response team 
  • Experience of managing supplier relationships and external stakeholder relationships 
  • Ability to build and maintain excellent working relationships with senior management 

 

Who you are:

You’re open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You’re optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with confidence: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You’re extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we deliver extraordinary every day.

 

What we'll give you:

Passionate, driven people – We champion a culture of people that do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and deliver projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

Tags: Forensics Incident response

Region: Europe
Country: United Kingdom
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