DXC CSO’s lead the customer in security discussion making sense of the market, current threat landscape, all the time optimising security approaches to tackle the present and future
With the increasing severity and frequency of cyber attacks, it's clear that organisations need to have the right people, process and strategy to stay ahead of emerging threats.
Information security is fast moving, dynamic, with a myriad of market solutions for customers, plus industry regulation that needs awareness, conformity with risk and governance oversight.
The DXC CSO Service functions as a member of the customer's executive team, accountable for all security-related business strategy and drives security business execution in accordance with the customer's business plans, solutions and technology imperatives. Accelerate your organisation's security maturity through an external view of security in your business.
DXC CSOs engage closely with an organisation's existing leadership team to take a risk-minimising approach to an organistions cyber operations and architecture, providing foresight and guidance on all matters related to information security and business risk.
DXC CSO’s lead the customer in security discussion making sense of the market, current threat landscape, all the time optimising security approaches to tackle the present and future. The CSO works closely with customers to provides guidance across, economic, regulatory and technical and industry issues.
CSOs are responsible for:
- developing scalable and complex solutions to reduce an organisation's exposure to security threats
- operating as an executive advisor and trusted representative of DXC within a customer.
- help account teams to create the circumstances by which DXC and the target customer can do business, drive value and solve issues.
- understanding and offering the most appropriate risk approach, offer architecture guidance and translate practical approaches with effective mitigation pathway
- advising C-level personnel such as CISOs and CIOs within customer organizations, as well as to support DXC account and delivery organisations in reaching security goals and revenue targets
- assisting with the development and positioning of effective cyber and risk strategies for a given customer.
- bringing best practices to organisations using industry expertise, DXC intellectual property and wider security networks to meet immediate needs or planned architectural and business plans.
Why DXC?
- We work with the customer's security leadership team in the development of their security strategies and solutions that align business priorities
- CSOs assess, recommend and drive the implementation of security solutions that effectively support customer business objectives in infrastructure and information risk management.
- Vendor agnostic and not limited by any one technology Develops and oversees the implementation of security directives, customer security requirements and risk management initiatives to meet organisational goals
- Translates technological and security issues into communication packages for delivery to diverse audiences, including senior management and board level personnel
- Over 4,000 security professionals with deep specialisations
- Global reach, availability and scale. DXC managed services provide 24x7x365 support to drive and protect your business.
- More than 12 security operations centres worldwide
- Provides a single source for security managed services
Inject leadership expertise into your business
CSO have the minimum experience outlined below.
- 15+ years of experience as a consultant or advisor in Information Risk Management and/or IT Security space
- Detailed understanding of, and experience in, IT Security, Information Security and Security Management
- Experience in working with executives and senior management within customers to capture requirements and formulate solutions
- Australian Citizen with a current security clearance or eligible for a clearance at NegVet1 level
- Demonstrable experience in delivering ICT security outcomes within the Australian Government security context or in the financial services sector
- Experience in delivering security services within industry frame works.
- Understanding of security solutions including basic design principles, data flow, connectivity and configuration
- Superior interpersonal skills backed by a successful track record in business negotiations and decision making
- Excellent presentation skills, able to drive control and deliver outcomes.
- Ability to acquire and apply new technology concepts to customer business models and requirements