Security Risk Analyst NEW

Hays Specialist Recruitment

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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