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COMPANIES AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMMISSION (CIPC)
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Senior Manager: Information Assurance (Pretoria)
 
Reference Number: S150001
 
 
Description
Purpose of the job:
To direct enterprise information assurance and enterprise resilience through the application of Information Risk Management, corporate governance, security architecture and security engineering.

Key performance areas:
To ensure protection of the intergrity, availability, authenticity, repudiation and confidentiality of user data.
To manage risk related to the use, processing, storage and transmission of information or data, and the systems and processes utilised
To ensure that data assets in transit, in both physical and electronic form, as well as data at rest, in various types of physical and electronic storage, are protected
To ensure business continuity and enterprise resilience.
 
Requirements
Minimum requirements:
Degree or diploma in ICT with certification in at least one of the following or equivalent: CISA, CRISC, CGEIT, CISM and CISSP


Minimum experience:
10 years’ experience in ICT and/or Information Security Management and ICT Risk Management.
6 years’ experience in Business Continuity and/or Disaster Recovery Management and IT Audit.
Knowledge of relevant trends and best practice in the IT and operations field and the ability to incorporate these practically into changes and revisions to the CIPC IT and operations architecture, policy and process framework as appropriate
Experience in corporate governance issues such as privacy, regulatory and standards compliance, auditing, business continuity and disaster recovery as the relate to information systems
Experience in security/systems engineering , business continuity/enterprise resilience, forensic investigation and threat analysis
Experience in risk assessment of information assets to be protected and identification of asset vulnerabilities
Experience in developing and implementing a risk management plan which details the countermeasures that involve mitigating, eliminating, accepting, or tranfering the risks
Experience in relevant frameworks which guide the actions for prevention, detection, and response to threats and implementation thereof


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Other:
CIPC is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Preference will be given to candidates whose appointment will enhance representivity in accordance with the approved employment equity plan.
People living with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Correspondence will be limited to shortlisted candidates only. 
 
Please ensure that you have uploaded and attached an updated CV when you submit your application. 
 
If you do not hear from us within two months of the closing date, please regard your application as unsuccessful. It will be expected of candidates to be available for selection interviews on a date, time and place as determined by CIPC. CIPC reserves the right not to fill an advertised position. Background verification, including criminal record and citizenship checks, as well as a competency assessment will form part of the selection process. It is the applicants' responsibility to have their foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).
 
Closing date: 22 February 2019
 
Work Level: Senior Management
Type: Permanent
Salary: 803569.00 - 1314931.00
EE Position: Yes
Location: Pretoria