Tech Risk Management Analyst III

The Global Information Security (GIS) Technology Risk Management Analyst III will work with peers in GIS and across the Technology Division to ensure that cybersecurity and technology risks are properly identified, assessed, adjudicated, and communicated in support of the overall GIS Risk Management program.

As part of the GIS Risk Management team, the analyst will work with a broad range of technology and non-technology stakeholders to help CME record and remediate risks.

Accountabilities:

• Support CME Groups technology and cybersecurity risk management function
• Work collaboratively with technology and business partners to identify and assess risks related to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of technology systems and information
• Develop and document remediation plans with risk owners and technical peers to address identified risks, including recommendations for technology and process controls
• Foster a culture of risk awareness and accountability through continuous engagement with stakeholders throughout the risk management and finding management life cycle
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of Risk Management policies and procedures
• Contribute to regulatory compliance activities including annual enterprise technology risk assessments
• Synthesize complex technical details for presentation to non-technical decision-makers
• Support the collection and creation of technology metrics, aid in identifying meaningful trends, and effectively report and present metrics to decision-makers

Problem Solving:

• Objectively assess the impact, likelihood, velocity, and magnitude of identified risks
• Objectively advise on any number of technical controls that will mitigate risk will not imposing undue burden on those who must implement the controls
• Drive objectivity and build consensus among stakeholders with widely divergent perspectives and drivers
• Rapidly analyze complex technical details
• Synthesize detailed analysis into a big picture view that can be easily understood by non-technical stakeholders in order to support risk-based decision-making for senior managers within the Technology Division

Decision Making:

• Recommend risk treatment decisions
• Recommend ranges of controls when risk mitigation is desired
• Recommend improvements to methods, instrumentation, training, documentation, and processes

Working Relationships:

• Daily interaction with peers across the Technology Division.

Experience:

• Bachelors degree in computer science or similar degree, or equivalent work experience (4+ years) in technology roles
• 3-5+ years of experience working in a cybersecurity and technology risk management or compliance role
• 3-5+ years of experience working with industry standard information security and control frameworks (NIST Cyber Security Framework, 800-53, ISO 27002, CobIT, etc.)
• Demonstrable high quality oral and written communications skills for technical, management, and executive audiences
• Demonstrable knowledge of cybersecurity and IT best practices in the areas of identity and access management, intrusion detection and response, secure software development (including Agile), security architecture, security engineering, and IT compliance
• Experience working with global organizations and global teams, experience in the Financial sector preferred
• Professional certifications in cybersecurity or Risk Management (such as CRISC, CISM, CISSP, CGEIT, CISA, etc.) desired
• Knowledge and/or experience with Cyber Risk Quantification (CRQ) and the Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) framework and standard desirable but not required