Information Security Office – Principal Associate

Center 3 (19075), United States of America, McLean, Virginia

Information Security Office (ISO) Product Security Risk Manager - Principal Associate

Capital One is one of the fastest growing organizations in the world today. The growth of the business is being accelerated by leveraging innovative and emerging technologies. We are serious about technology, we dream big, and we execute: Capital One moved our entire enterprise to the public cloud over the course of five years, fully exiting our data centers. Just as we prioritize driving innovation through technology, we equally prioritize cybersecurity and managing technology risk. 

Cybersecurity Risk professionals at Capital One are trusted expert advisers who shape decisions, challenge activities to ensure they meet our standards, and generally oversee technology, 

cybersecurity, and information security risk across the business and the central technology organization.

Cybersecurity risk and analysis plays a critical role in ensuring that the company’s risk-taking entities are aware of the risks inherent in their activities and decisions, the impact of their actions on the company at an enterprise level, and opportunities to reduce, mitigate, or avoid the risks altogether. Associates are highly-skilled and have a wealth of experience and a demonstrated ability to provide value added recommendations and deliver high-impact results in the cybersecurity domain areas.

As an associate in Capital One’s Cyber Information Security Office, you will work with top talent in an entrepreneurial environment to solve problems and drive solutions to help the company reduce cyber risk. You will work with smart and passionate people to deliver results that have a direct impact on the company’s cyber risk portfolio. You will be challenged to excel alongside the brightest talent in the industry and be rewarded for your achievements. The demands and high-visibility nature of this position require an expert with a proven ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and who can begin contributing immediately.

Job Responsibilities:

• Analyze and interpret industry standards, regulations, and best practices to develop risk management tooling to identify cyber risk trends, gap analysis, or maturity opportunities

• Normalize and translate cyber risks at the organizational level to support a fully integrated, prioritized, enterprise-wide view of organizational risks to drive strategic and business decisions

• Using risk profiles and dynamic reporting mechanisms, cybersecurity risk information is incorporated into the organization’s enterprise risk management program and utilized to provide a fully integrated, prioritized, enterprise-wide view of organizational risks to drive strategic and business decisions

• Help to enhance cyber risk management processes across Capital One by providing thought leadership, oversight, and coordination with other risk management activities across the company

• Aggregate and evaluate risks, develop and maintain a risk register, perform risk analysis and quantification to enumerate top risks and provide risk reporting

• Perform operational cyber risk assessments, identifying inherent risks, determining control suite effectiveness, and residual risk

• Analyze information to proactively identify risks, trends, and process improvements; supporting reporting on risk topics to management

• Assist and drive project and program delivery, including project and process management, reporting, engagement in senior leadership meetings, drafting and reviewing materials for senior management and the Board of directors, and other governance activities

• Build successful relationships with Tech, Cyber, and Enterprise Risk to understand the impact of cyber risk on business processes

• Participate in risk and other management forums and contribute to continuous improvement of risk and project or program management practices

Candidates for this role will have:

• Deep understanding of risk management principles, expertise in assessing cybersecurity controls, and a strong technical background

• Experience in risk evaluation or assessment methodologies, risk analysis, and risk reporting

• Self prioritize and effectively plan your own work activities managing multiple priorities and tasks across the team to deliver quality results. Proactively take on additional work to support the team when possible

• Establish and maintain good working relationships during engagement. Effectively communicate information and project process to team and other stakeholders involved

• Advanced skill presenting findings, conclusions, alternatives, and information clearly and concisely

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification

• At least 3 years of experience in project management leading cross functional projects in Risk

• At least 3 years of experience with Risk Management Frameworks (RMF)

• At least 3 years of experience in cybersecurity, risk, or technology industry standards (ISO 27001, NIST CSF and 800 series, MITRE ATTACK, MITRE DEFEND, FFIEC, COBIT, PCI-DSS, or FAIR)

• At least 3 years of experience developing, evaluating, or implementing cybersecurity, information technology, or risk assessment activities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• 1+ years of experience with cloud risk, governance, control, and security

• CISA, CISM, CRISC, or CISSP Certification

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, or another type of work authorization).

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at theCapital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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