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Conduct rigorous, impartial assessments of cybersecurity practices, systematically evaluating controls, identifying risks, and ensuring alignment with evolving regulatory requirements, industry standards, and organisational policies.

What You'll Do

Strategic Audit Planning

Design and execute comprehensive cybersecurity audit strategies, defining clear objectives, scopes, methodologies and evaluation criteria.

Compliance Risk Assurance

Assess cybersecurity compliance, evaluate risks, and verify adherence to applicable laws, regulations, standards and best practices.

Audit Documentation Reporting

Produce detailed cybersecurity audit plans and reports, clearly documenting findings, conformity assessments and recommended actions.

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