Head of Cyber - Watford, United Kingdom - Allwyn UK

Allwyn UK

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Watford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Join our journey to create a new experience for the National Lottery and help us to power change for the greater good.

About us:

We are Allwyn UK, part of the Allwyn Entertainment Group - a multi-national lottery operator with a market-leading presence in Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Cyprus and Italy.

We have been officially awarded the Fourth Licence (10 year licence) to operate the National Lottery starting February 2024.

‍We've developed ground-breaking technologies, built player protection frameworks, and have a proven track record of making lotteries better. Our aim is to create one of the UK's most inclusive organisations - where people can bring the best of themselves, to do their best work, every day, for the benefit of good causes.

While the main contribution of the National Lottery to society is through the funds to good causes, at Allwyn we put our purpose and values at the heart of everything we do.

Join us as we embark on a once-in-a-lifetime, large-scale transformation journey to build a bigger, better, and safer National Lottery that delivers more money to good causes.

Purpose of Role:

The Head of Cyber & Information Security forms part of the senior leadership team within the Security function of Allwyn UK, reporting directly to the Chief Security Officer (CSO)

You will play a pivotal role in safeguarding the National Lottery and protecting Allwyn's digital assets from attack.

You will act as a trusted advisor to the CSO and C-Suite stakeholders across Allwyn UK and work with them to ensure that Allwyn is secure and compliant with the policies, standards and regulations set out in the Security Operating Model

This is a highly operational and highly visible leadership role, as you will take overall charge of Allwyn UK's Cyber Defence and Security Operations teams.

You will also have overall responsibility for Security Governance, Risk & Compliance and lead the Business Continuity and Crisis Management teams, working across the whole of the business to ensure we are resilient and prepared should business interruption occur.

Your ultimate goal is to form part of a leadership team that proactively defends Allwyn, and the National Lottery from attack, making us a hard target and protecting our business operations, ensuring we meet our strategic organizational objectives.

You will however also be responsible for building a first class team that knows exactly what to do if we are attacked and are well drilled in responding and returning the business to BAU as swiftly as possible.

Team Description:

The Security team's collective mission is to preserve the integrity of the National Lottery, secure sensitive or personal data processed by Allwyn or its partners and protect the premises and people that work across Allwyn UK.

We work in a heavily regulated environment and must secure one of the most visited websites in the UK, a very large retail channel and numerous back-office systems spread across both on premise datacenters and the Cloud.

The Security function is comprised of 3 Team Groups (and 10 sub teams)

Enterprise Security

Security Architecture
Security Design Engineering
Security Consultancy
Security Testing

Cyber & Information Security

Governance, Risk & Compliance
Cyber Defence
Security Operations

Protective Security

Physical Security
Investigations
Intelligence

The Cyber & Information Security team form a key pillar in our security operating model - you will be responsible for leading the activities of the Cyber and Information security team, and you will be expected to get deeply involved in ensuring our key suppliers operate to the same high security standards we demand of ourselves.

Key Accountabilities or Duties:

Manage, develop & Lead the Cyber & Information Security teams
Be a member of the Security SLT and actively contribute to all aspects of enabling and protecting a successful National Lottery Operation
Identify, measure, control and report on security risks within information systems
Accountable for the creation and upkeep of our documented security standards, policies, processes
Manage the budget of the Cyber & Information Security Cost Centre
Cocreate the security strategy to protect Allwyn and the national lottery
Manage operational teams that protect, defend and respond to threats against Allwyn or the National Lottery
Anticipate, influence and assist the organization to assess and rapidly adjust to changing threat conditions and trends both internally and externally
Establish and maintain relationships with industry peers, other Allwyn Group operating companies and external security organisations, working with Specialist consultants where appropriate
Implement KPIs and metrics to measure our security performance and assess and track our exposure to risk
Accountable for continuous improvement / maturity of our Cyber Defence team and ensuring our capabilities are opera