Senior Cybersecurity Accreditation Auditor

The Senior Cybersecurity Accreditation Auditor is responsible for delivering day-to-day accreditation services and ensuring that assessments of third parties are conducted in a fair, consistent, and objective manner.

The role focuses on evaluating compliance with national and international cybersecurity standards, managing accreditation applications, and maintaining the integrity of the accreditation process.

It also supports continuous improvement of accreditation frameworks, tools, and methodologies aligned with national cybersecurity requirements.

Responsible for the conduct of the day to day of accreditation services.

Maintain detailed and organized records of the accreditation process, ensuring accuracy and completeness.

Ensuring that the highest standards of competence and impartiality are maintained, and that consistency is achieved across accreditation activities;

Undertake compliance activities against security standards.

Operational role, to manage national accreditation scheme applications.

Document observations/findings in such a manner that they are clearly understandable and traceable and are based on objective evidence.

Develop and maintain accreditation procedures and required tools based on National Information Security Compliance framework.

Maintain impartiality, confidentiality and to declare any potential conflicts of interest that might jeopardize an objective assessment as required.

Perform periodic surveillance accreditation assessment on Third parties to monitor and review compliance.

Develop measurement and compliance mechanisms & tools to monitor improvements.

Knowledge of various international standards, regulation, and best practices, (ISO27001, OWASP, PTES, SOC CMM etc.) and implementation experience against at least one.

Knowledge of Local Laws & Regulations in different sectors: Cybercrime, PDPPL, eCommerce, etc.

Knowledge about national cyber security standards and frameworks (NIA, CSF…)

Stay up to date with the latest developments in security, emerging threats, and evolving technology to ensure the accreditation process remains relevant.

Manage the external communication during the assessment: from the application till the issue of decision.

Act as escalation point of contact for accreditation issues/requests.

Team player who collaborates with the team to maintain, improve the accreditation program.