Cyber Security Policy Authoring Specialist

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements

• Strong experience authoring cyber security policies, standards and procedures.
• Practical knowledge of the UK NIS Regulations.
• Experience working with cyber security control frameworks.
• Previous experience developing BYOD or mobile security policies.
• Ability to create clear, structured and audit-ready documentation.
• Strong stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.
• Active SC clearance.
• Experience in critical national infrastructure, transport, defence or government environments.
• Understanding of operational technology or safety-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Author and update cyber security policies, standards and procedures.
• Review existing documentation and identify gaps, duplication and inconsistencies.
• Map policy requirements to relevant regulatory and security controls.
• Develop documentation covering areas such as BYOD, mobile device security, access control, acceptable use, data handling, remote working and third-party security.
• Translate technical, regulatory and risk requirements into clear, practical documentation.
• Work with security, architecture, engineering, risk and operational stakeholders.
• Maintain document governance, version control, ownership and review cycles.
• Support assurance, audit and compliance activities.
• Produce policy gap analyses, control mappings and supporting evidence.

Technologies

• Support
• Mobile
• Network
• Security

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We are seeking an experienced Cyber Security Policy Authoring Specialist to support a major UK infrastructure programme. This role requires active SC clearance and offers the opportunity to work across security, architecture, engineering, risk and operational teams to produce clear, audit-ready documentation aligned to the Network and Information Systems (NIS) Regulations 2018, relevant control frameworks and our governance requirements.

last updated 29 week of 2026