Consultant, Cyber Protect APAC

Control Risks is seeking a Consultant to join its rapidly growing Cyber team, based in Japan. This is a unique opportunity to grow a fast-paced and distinctive advisory capability that requires a highly motivated and diligent client-facing individual to join an exceptional regional team.

The successful candidate will support the delivery of Control Risks’ Cyber Security engagements across the APAC region. The candidate will need to demonstrate exceptional analysis, project management and business development skills. The candidate will also need to be a team-player who is passionate about delivering high quality cyber security advice to some of the world’s largest firms.

Role Tasks and Responsibilities will involve:

Delivering client projects

• Project management of cyber risk advisory engagements (e.g., running kick-off meetings, refining outputs, developing recommendations).
• Delivering projects (e.g., helping clients understand what information assets are valuable for them, conducting cyber risk assessments against ISO and NIST standards, helping clients define target operating models.
• Working with key project stakeholders (e.g. gathering information from interviews, document reviews and presenting findings) while maintaining the confidence of the client through clear communication and good project management.
• Working with external technical partners to deliver an integrated solutions and drawing out recommendations from their technical findings.
• Working with other departments within Control Risks.
• Provide flexible and responsive support as and when crisis management support is required and can be provided.

Business Development

• Developing proposals for future client work.
• Project scoping and planning, to support pricing.
• Contributing to and building complex, multi-service line proposals.
• Cultivating long-term relationships with clients.
• Participating in marketing and speaking events to build the Control Risks brand.

Requirements

Essential

• Excellent knowledge of IT and network infrastructure.
• Strong presentation and critical thinking.
• Good English communication skills, fluency in Japanese.

Preferred

• 2+ years of experience working in cyber security industry.
• Demonstratable previous experience of cyber security risk management within an established consultancy.
• Demonstrable previous experience in delivering risk assessments against industry standards (NIST CSF, 800-53 and ISO27001).
• Strong understanding of cyber security solutions and products.
• Ability to see security from the attackers’ point of view.
• Good knowledge of cyber risk issues impacting clients APAC, especially in Japan.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in a field related to security, information security, intelligence or computer science.
• International industry certification (CISSP, CISM, SANS, etc.) or Japan local certifications (Registered Information Security Specialist Examination).

Benefits

• Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.
• We operate a discretionary global bonus scheme that incentivises, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
• Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasise the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
• As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.