What does this job entail?
‘Sorry, but your password needs to include a capital letter, a combination of letters and numbers, a symbol, a haiku, a hieroglyph, and the tear of a family member ...’ Passwords are frustrating for a lot of people, but they’re an important part of cybersecurity. You really do need a password that is stronger than Natasha Romanova and a better kept secret than the recipe for Coca-Cola.
If you’re already convinced of this, then we’re on the same wavelength. Cybersecurity is a top priority at KBC. Of course, this means responding to more than just weak passwords and phishing. Our teams are committed to all aspects of cybersecurity. We owe it to our clients and our staff members.
Work with us and you’ll immerse yourself in one or more sub-domains of cybersecurity. You’ll be given the space to build up expertise and the training you need to stay up to date with new approaches.
What do we expect from you?
- Diverse teams take care of anything and everything that relates to information security. We dive into the logs, searching for technical or functional signals that point to the presence of hackers or their attempts to force their way into our systems.
- Other specialists track down identity fraud in our payment applications. Despite this, an ever-increasing number of people are still falling victim to phishing. Our clients count on us, as a bank, to protect them.
- Crypto plays an important role in our functioning. It secures data and adds to the security under which payments are made. Our crypto team provides the right solutions for our IT team, ensuring they are able to do their work correctly.
- Of course, we also perform identity and access management for our Belgian entities and branches in other countries.
- To keep an eye on all possible threats, we have a team that collects and analyses relevant information: this is the Cyber Threat Intelligence team.
- As well as this, we continuously check to see whether our systems are still air-tight and free from weaknesses. We also support our colleagues from IT and business stakeholders with knowledge and advice on cybersecurity.
- We also ensure good and sound risk management through reporting to support the management in decision making, communicating and challenging stakeholders on risks and follow-up of the risk management processes by the office of the Local Operational Risk Managers (LORM)
What appeals to you the most? As a cybersecurity officer at KBC, you immerse yourself in one or more of these sub-domains. With the help of your colleagues, you develop into a true expert.
Your key strengths?
- You have a background in IT (Bachelor or Master) and you’re interested in cybersecurity. You’ll impress us if you’ve spent your free time pursuing this interest, but in every case, you’re excited about learning more.
- You’re like your colleagues: you love working together and achieving goals as a team.
- You know that speedy responses are often crucial in our cyberteam and understand why we regularly work with deadlines. You set priorities, request help from colleagues and organise your work efficiently.
- You’re looking forward to experiencing genuine team spirit. Take alook!
What can we offer you?
- KBC innovates continuously. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud computing, wearables, and the list goes on. There’s a good chance that you’ll come into contact with one of these areas and think about the related cybersecurity issues.
- As all knowledge about cybersecurity has its own place, you’ll learn an exceptional amount and quickly grow.
- You’re assured of an excellent onboarding and a pleasant, collegial work atmosphere.
- Across your entire career at KBC, we encourage you to grow as a person and as a professional. You can follow training courses in which you further sharpen your hard and soft skills.
- Our offices are easily accessible by public transport. You’re also welcome to partly work from home.
- Flexible work hours help you to balance your work and your private life.
- We offer you a permanent contract and a competitive salary, supplemented by extralegal benefits. Sounds familiar? Of course. It’s what you read in every job description. At KBC, we make a difference with our extended flex package. It’s too extensive to go into details here. However, we will happily discuss the various benefits—large and small—at your interview.
Can you help us make the difference?
Cybersecurity is an extremely rapidly evolving field. At the same time, it is at the heart of the business: the trust we sell is under a lot of pressure from the threat from cybercrime. Exploring the dark corners of the Internet gives me the chance to do fascinating detective work, not to mention the satisfaction I derive from providing vital information to colleagues to protect our customers and employees from cyberattacks. The job requires focus, attention to detail and patience. Fortunately, there is always a great team of colleagues to help you.
Bert & Mariusz
Respect and inclusion are core values at KBC.
We believe that the individuality of our employees and the diversity of our teams make it possible to achieve great things. That’s why we recruit new employees based on talent and motivation, regardless of their background or story.
Interested in contributing to new ideas and solutions that help our customers and society move forward?
Like to join us in innovating, greening and connecting to others every day and help us achieve our aim of being the reference in the financial sector?
And how would you like to do all that at a ‘Top Employer’?
If this ticks all your boxes, apply now so we can get to know you.
And, who knows, you might soon be embarking on this exciting journey with us.
