Assistant Manager - IT Security Risk Management

Role Overview: At BNP Paribas India Solutions, as the IT Security Risk Manager, you will be responsible for governing the banks security exception process, ensuring that all applications meet the defined security control standards, and embedding risk management practices across the technology landscape. Your role will involve safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets while supporting business agility through disciplined, risk-based decision-making. Key Responsibilities: - Log and assess exception requests, evaluate residual risk, obtain formal approvals, track remediation, and escalate overdue items. - Ensure periodic security control reviews of new/changed applications have been performed for the requirements mentioned in the group-wide policies, and noncompliance controls are being tracked with remediation action. - Perform periodic risk assessments of IT assets, platforms, and processes, quantifying likelihood and impact in line with the bank's risk rating methodology. - Support internal and external audits by supplying evidence of risk treatment actions, exception handling, and compliance with standards (such as 27001, NIST 800 53, PCI DSS, GDPR, and/or Basel III cyber resilience) expectations if required. - Ensure that security requirements are intact as per regional or global policies. - Act as the primary liaison between security, IT operations, development, and business units to align on risk appetite and security expectations. - Continuously review and streamline the exception approval workflow and application security compliance processes to increase efficiency and auditability. - Contribute to the development and maintenance of security policies, standards, and guidelines. Qualifications Required: - Experience Range: 5 to 9 years - Level: Assistant Manager (Note: The additional details about the company were not available in the provided job description),