About this role
Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements
- Proven experience personally authoring technical cyber security standards from scratch, rather than only reviewing or approving existing documents
- Substantial experience developing security policies and standards within complex organisations
- Strong understanding of NIST frameworks and how they apply to practical security controls
- Broad technical knowledge of identity and access management, cryptography, network security and Privileged Access Management (PAM)
- Experience working with technical specialists to define requirements and produce documentation that can be implemented and tested
Responsibilities
- Review existing NIST-aligned documentation and identify where updates or complete rewrites are needed
- Draft and revise technical requirements to make them clear, practical and testable
- Work with specialists in access management, cryptography, firewalls and PAM
- Challenge outdated requirements, resolve gaps and ensure documentation reflects current practices
- Translate technical controls into requirements that support consistent implementation and compliance testing
- Manage documents through stakeholder review and approval, delivering standards ready for adoption
Technologies
- Cryptography
- Support
- Network
- Security
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We are advertising a six-month Cyber Security Policy & Standards Consultant contract with an established UK financial services organisation, offering £600–£700 per day outside IR35 and London/remote working arrangements. You will join an established function, take ownership of an existing NIST-aligned standards suite and collaborate with technical specialists across multiple disciplines to influence how security controls are implemented and assessed. Candidate Source Ltd is an advertising agency; after you apply, your application will be passed to a third-party recruiter responsible for processing it, including holding and sharing your personal data on the basis of legitimate interest, subject to your declared interest in the role.
last updated 45 week of 2026