Principal Associate, Cyber Third Party Risk Reduction (CTPRR) Continuous Monitoring

Capital One performs cybersecurity oversight for third parties to ensure contracted or potential third parties maintain cybersecurity governance, risk controls, monitoring, and response adequate to protect shared data. The Cyber Third Party Risk Reduction (CTPRR) Program strives to maintain continuous visibility into Capital One’s third party population and takes proactive steps to reduce cyber risks across our third party ecosystem.

The associate in this role will be a part of the Continuous Monitoring Team within CTPRR. The Continuous Monitoring Team supports dynamic, near real-time evaluation of third party and material subcontractor cyber risk through data analytics to provide ongoing insights to the cybersecurity health of third parties, enabling a proactive risk management strategy and agile measurement of third-party and material subcontractor risk.

Can you:

• Evaluate and contextualize cybersecurity related intelligence data following a risk-based model to determine and report on matters that need follow-up with the third party?

• Interpret cybersecurity requirements and reasonably apply them to specific situations?

• Be agile to quickly perform work when indicators are alerting to critical risks?

• Articulate cyber intelligence and risk to key stakeholders or customers driving understanding and influence action?

• Analyze large data sets to identify trends, outliers, and items for further investigation?

• Manage open-source intelligence (OSINT) tools to guide executive decision making?

If so, then this may be the role for you! CTPRR is at the leading edge of supply chain risk management oversight practices in the financial sector. Let’s make a difference together!

Responsibilities:

• Maintain a thorough knowledge of the Capital One Information Security Policy and Standards, and CTPRR Procedure

• Review and gather intelligence, alerts, and large data sets from multiple data sources analyze and triage to align to a predefined risk-based model to identify risk areas..

• Using the triaged data, prepare reports and briefings to articulate and inform key internal stakeholders on risk matters in order to inform decision making and actions.

• Drive and influence action leading to the mitigation of risk and the facilitation of safe, secure supplier engagements

• Manage effective working relationships with key stakeholders 

• Escalate and manage cyber security risk

• Provide ad hoc support on special departmental goals, objectives, and initiatives

About You:

• You have a desire to work in a very fast moving, forward leaning, and modern computing environment

• You have a strong desire to continually learn about new technologies

• You possess strong conceptual thinking and communication skills

• You are able to work well under minimal supervision

• You are a demonstrated team-oriented professional with interpersonal skills and the ability to interface effectively with a broad range of people and roles, including upper management, IT leaders, and external third parties

• You maintain calmness and clarity of thought under pressure and ability to maintain confidentiality

• You demonstrate strong ability to analyze information and data

• You demonstrate strong subject matter expertise and sound judgment when analyzing cyber third party risk

• You operate in a collaborative manner to effectively assess risk while maintaining business relationships

• You develop and communicate quality recommendations to key stakeholders

• You communicate technical issues to non-technical people

• You demonstrate collaborative partnership skills for working with various points of contacts

• You demonstrate capacity to think broadly but go deep into subject matter when needed

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification

• At least 3 years of experience in cybersecurity advisory, cyber architecture, or cyber third party risk management oversight

• At least 2 years of experience in information technology operations or intelligence

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• 4+ years of experience managing third party vendors

• 3+ years of experience with open source intelligence (OSINT) tools Bitsight or Black Kite

• 3+ years of experience in the financial services industry

• CISSP, CISA, CISM, or CRISC 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).

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

McLean, VA: $127,500 - $145,500 for Prin Assoc, Cyber Risk & AnalysisPlano, TX: $115,900 - $132,200 for Prin Assoc, Cyber Risk & AnalysisRichmond, VA: $115,900 - $132,200 for Prin Assoc, Cyber Risk & Analysis

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

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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