Principal Consultant, GRC, Proactive Services (Unit 42) - Remote

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

Job Description

Your Career

The Principal Consultant, GRC for Proactive Services is focused on leading our Governance, Risk, and Compliance team across a comprehensive portfolio of clients. The individual will assess security risk across multiple frameworks and act as a technical key team member in client engagements. They will be the client’s advocate for cybersecurity risk management and will provide strong recommendations in this domain.

Your Impact

• Security standards within professional services
• Industry knowledge of and experience with cybersecurity best practices within Governance Risk and Compliance to provide recommendations to proactively improve our client’s security posture and maturity
• Lead and support Advisory engagements such as Tabletop Exercises, Cyber Risk Assessments, Incident Response Plan development, Ransomware Readiness Reviews & Breach Readiness Reviews
• The ability to work across multiple frameworks and regulatory standards including, but not limited to, NIST CSF, CIS20, ISO, GDPR, CCPA, NYDFS, SOX, and HIPAA
• Manage team, monitor progress, track budget, manage risk and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes while defining potential impacts and creating an effective mitigation strategy for multiple projects at a given time
• Skilled at proactively identifying security risks and vulnerabilities while eliminating cybersecurity threats via stakeholder interviews, documentation review, and deep-dive testing and control validation
• Ensure client controls meet legal, regulatory, privacy, policy, standards and security requirements
• Effectively write and communicate audit, assessment, or compliance results, findings, and recommendations to stakeholders
• Effectively and efficiently communicate to external stakeholders in a professional manner
•  Ability to scope new opportunities with prospective clients, including drafting statements of work and proposals
• Ability to perform travel requirements as needed to meet business demands (on average ~30%)

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• 6+ years of experience performing information security and risk assessments based upon industry-accepted standards.
• Former professional services and consulting experience preferred
• Experience managing a team of consultants
• Experience with GRC tools, technology, and implementation
• Experience with security assessments/audits, drafting findings and recommendations, and prioritizing recommendations via quantitative risk scoring
• Demonstrate a track record in strengthening existing and developing new client relationships
• Knowledge of computer forensic tools, technologies and methods
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security or equivalent years of professional experience or equivalent military experience to meet job requirements and expectations

Additional Information

The Team

Unit 42 Consulting is Palo Alto Network's security advisory team.  Our vision is to create a more secure digital world by providing the highest quality incident response, risk management, and digital forensic services to clients of all sizes. Our