Want a high-profile cybersecurity job? this is for you.
Role: Cyber Security Manager.
Place: Buckingham Palace.
Yes, the British royal family is recruiting a cybersecurity expert to lead its team to digitally protect King Charles, his family and their staff.
Reporting to the Digital Services Director, the successful candidate will find themselves with a diverse set of tasks:
- Leads the maturity of cyber risk management strategies and the delivery of cyber security frameworks based on best practices.
- Lead internal teams to take actions to reduce cyber risk and increase resilience against cyberattacks.
- Work with the enterprise architecture team to create a secure design culture.
- Leverage external expertise, including the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), to assess, review and make recommendations on best practice.
- Serve as a subject matter expert to build understanding and enhance skills across the wider Digital Services team and other key stakeholders
- Encourage a culture and awareness of cybersecurity so that all employees understand the role they play.
- Work closely with Information Security colleagues to support compliance.
Yeah yeah, but let’s cut to the chase – what about the money?
Starting salary; £75,000
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week
Well…it’s certainly not the most generous salary in the world for a position with this kind of responsibility, especially when you consider the cost of living in London. (I guess King Charles doesn’t offer his spare bedroom)
Note that the royal family has long been known for not paying its lackeys top salaries.
But don’t worry, you’ll have the prestige of working for someone worth an estimated £1.8 billion!
If that’s enough to convince you, check out some of the benefits of the job…
Other benefits include 20% off in our Royal Collection Trust stores, plus free entry to all our locations, plus more exclusive staff discounts.
Oh, great! I will be able to spend some money on reduced price Buckingham Palace Honey Dippers, tea sets and porcelain trowels! What a treat!
There is no doubt that the royal family is a target of hackers. Not only have some members of the British media shown their readiness to break the law in collecting information about the royal family, but we have also seen recent cyberattacks on royal websites.
To hear a discussion about the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on the Royal Family website, listen to this episode of the Smashing Security podcast.
