Overview
Provide on-demand expertise to assist countries in formulating and implementing their national cybersecurity strategies, ensuring robust, inclusive, and actionable strategies in line with international best practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct strategic assessment of country’s current cybersecurity posture.
- Review and analyse national policy and legal landscape related to cybersecurity.
- Identify and engage key stakeholders across government, private sector, academia, and civil society.
- Map out nation’s critical information infrastructure and assess key cyber risks.
- Support national stakeholders in the development of the National Cybersecurity Strategy document and associated action plans.
- Organize and lead validation workshops or meetings to review the draft NCS.
- Develop and deliver training sessions or workshops to support the strategy’s development and implementation.
Required Experience
- At least seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in cybersecurity strategy development, cyber policy advisory, or national CSIRT/CIRT establishment, including at least three at the international level.
- Hands-on experience formulating or implementing national-level cybersecurity policies or strategies.
- Proven experience working in a multicultural environment with the ability to coordinate with diverse stakeholders.
- Experience in conducting monitoring and assessing projects for effective implementation.
- A Doctorate in a related field can be considered as a substitute for three years of working experience.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree in cybersecurity, information security, computer science, public policy, or a related field OR education from a reputed college of advanced education, with a diploma of equivalent standard to that of an advanced university degree in one of the fields above.
- Professional certifications or training in cybersecurity strategy, cyber policy, or incident management (e.g., CISM, CISSP, ISO 27001, or similar) would be an asset.
