Information Security Consultant
RemoteRemoteFull-time
AI Summary
Senior VISO provides CISO-level advisory guidance on GRC engagements, guiding strategy, overseeing quality, mentoring VISOs, and building executive client confidence. Not hands-on or managerial.
About this role
hatch IT is partnering with Assura to find a Senior Virtual Information Security Officer (Senior VISO). Please see details below:
About the Role
The Senior Virtual Information Security Officer (Senior VISO) is a CISO-level advisor who ensures the quality, consistency, and strategic direction of Assura’s GRC engagements. This is not a hands-on implementation role and not a people-management role (today). Think of this position as similar to a consulting engagement partner:
- You guide strategy
- You oversee quality
- You mentor and support VISOs
- You build client confidence at the executive level
About the Company
Assura is a cybersecurity firm with nearly 20 years of singular focus on information security. We work primarily with state, local, and education (SLED) organizations that need real-world, practical security leadership — not checkbox compliance or theoretical frameworks. Our team is made up of career cybersecurity practitioners, not career consultants. We take the work seriously, but not ourselves. People stay here because they’re supported, trusted, and given room to grow.
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Assurance ReviewsCISO-level AdvisoryControls AdvisoryExecutive CommunicationGRC MethodologiesGRC TemplatesInformation Security GovernanceISO HIPAA PCI ExposureMentoringNIST 800-171NIST 800-53NIST CSFPolicy DevelopmentRegulatory TranslationRisk AssessmentRisk ManagementSEC 530 FamiliaritySLED ExperienceTrastero Or Similar GRC ToolsVISOsWriting And Documentation
