Head of Cybersecurity & Technology Risk

Job Title : Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Location : Bangalore

The CISO will provide strategic vision and leadership across the entire technology and cybersecurity landscape for Quess. This role integrates responsibility for technology innovation, digital transformation, IT operations, enterprise architecture, and end-to-end cybersecurity governance. The leader will drive technology modernization, ensure secure digital operations, oversee risk and compliance, enable business scalability, and foster a future-ready tech culture — all while protecting the organization’s information assets across all geographies, business units, clients, platforms and workforce environments.

Key Responsibilities :

• Define, develop and execute the enterprise-wide information security strategy aligned with risk appetite and business objectives.
• Establish and maintain a comprehensive Information Security Management System (ISMS) — policies, procedures, controls and guidelines.
• Lead Threat & Vulnerability Management, identifying and mitigating security risks across digital platforms, outsourcing services, and large distributed workforces.
• Oversee security architecture for systems, networks, cloud environments, endpoints, mobile workforce and remote access.
• Build and run a Security Operations Centre (SOC) and Incident Response function to detect, respond to and recover from cyber incidents.
• Manage vendor and third-party security assessments across clients, partners, and service ecosystems (including PPS environments).
• Ensure compliance with ISO 27001 / 27002, NIST, SOC2, GDPR (if applicable), PCI, IT Act, and other regulatory frameworks.
• Drive security awareness and training across IT and non-IT workforce segments.
• Integrate cybersecurity requirements into business continuity and disaster recovery (BCP / DR) strategies.
• Deliver periodic reports to executive leadership and the Board’s Risk & Compliance Committee.

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