Cyber Governance Risk and Compliance Specialist
What the work is
Leads the governance, risk and compliance for cyber security.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Develops, implements and measures cyber security policies, procedures and guidelines to comply with regulatory requirements and industry best practices
- Manages a risk management program, including risk assessments, risk mitigation plans and risk reporting
- Conducts regular security audits to identify potential security gaps and areas for improvement
- Provides guidance and training to employees on cyber security awareness, best practices and incident response procedures
- Develops and defines system classification requirements to ensure implementation of security controls and risk mitigation efforts are prioritised
- Conducts compliance assessments to ensure that regulatory and legal requirements related to cyber security are being met
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in the security team of a fictional freight and logistics company, working from an office and a monitoring room. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- You spot something odd early, and it turns out to be a real problem you stopped in time
- A colleague reports a suspicious email, and you thank them in front of the team
- You explain a risk so clearly that a busy manager decides to fix it today
Hard days
- An alert goes off at 4:50pm on a Friday and nobody knows if it is real
- People feel blamed for a mistake, and stop telling you about the next one
- You are asked to make something both completely secure and instantly easy to use
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 271131, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.