Security Risk Analyst
Posted Today by Hays Specialist Recruitment
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
England, UK
Summary: The Security Risk Analyst role involves supporting a major Critical Asset Review and conducting role-based risk assessments within a large organization. The position focuses on engaging stakeholders to identify critical assets and assessing risks associated with access and insider threats. The analyst will work closely with various business functions to enhance security controls and inform decision-making. This is a hybrid position based in the UK.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead stakeholder engagement sessions to identify critical assets and dependencies
- Conduct discussions across business functions on physical and digital assets
- Deliver structured role-based risk assessments
- Review access models, controls and governance frameworks
- Produce clear, evidence-based risk reports and recommendations
- Support implementation and tracking of risk mitigation actions
Key Skills:
- Strong experience in risk assessment, security assurance or information security
- Proven ability to facilitate workshops and engage senior stakeholders
- Knowledge of access risk, insider threat and asset criticality
- Experience assessing both physical and IT/information assets
- Strong communication, analysis and reporting skills
- Public sector or regulated environment experience (desirable)
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Detailed Description From Employer:
Security Risk Analyst
IR35
12 months
Hybrid (UK-wide)
We're looking for an experienced Personnel Security Officer to support a major Critical Asset Review and deliver role-based risk assessments across a large, complex organisation.
The Role
This position has two key focus areas:
- Critical Asset Review: Engaging business areas and key representatives to identify and assess physical and logical (IT/information) assets, leading workshops and working sessions to determine asset criticality and dependencies.
- Risk Assessment: Conducting role-based risk assessments across staff, contractors and third parties, focusing on access risks, privileged roles and insider threats.
You'll work closely with stakeholders to drive risk-informed decision-making and strengthen security controls.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead stakeholder engagement sessions to identify critical assets and dependencies
- Conduct discussions across business functions on physical and digital assets
- Deliver structured role-based risk assessments
- Review access models, controls and governance frameworks
- Produce clear, evidence-based risk reports and recommendations
- Support implementation and tracking of risk mitigation actions
Requirements
- Strong experience in risk assessment, security assurance or information security
- Proven ability to facilitate workshops and engage senior stakeholders
- Knowledge of access risk, insider threat and asset criticality
- Experience assessing both physical and IT/information assets
- Strong communication, analysis and reporting skills
Desirable
- Public sector or regulated environment experience
SC Clearance - You will have this or be prepared to undergo the vetting process to become cleared.
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