Global Sec Assurance Consult

Overview

Global Sec Assurance Consult role ary range: $108,000 – $135,000. Job Posting End Date: 1/23/26.

We’ve Got You Under Our Wing. Aflac is a Fortune 500 company recognized for diversity and ethical practices. This role may be hybrid or remote depending on location within the continental US.

Work designation:
Depending on your location, this role may be hybrid or remote. If you live within 50 miles of Aflac offices in Columbus, GA or Columbia, SC, the role will be hybrid (in-office at least 60% of the work week). If you live more than 50 miles away, the role will be remote with possible in-office visits as needed.

• Maintain the cybersecurity control library composed of entity, global and regional controls aligned against the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and NIST 800-53 as a basis.
• Maintain control requirements and metadata, including mappings to laws, regulations, and industry standards.
• Perform quality reviews of requests for control requirement changes to ensure rigor across regions.
• Assist with annual enterprise risk assessment and mapping to controls.
• Assist with facilitating the annual Control Owner attestation process in alignment with CAP procedures.
• Maintain control self-testing guidelines to guide Control Owners in testing design and operating effectiveness.
• Provide guidance on testing documentation, evidence, and supporting material to ensure test conclusions are well supported.
• Support regional CAP teams (e.g., Japan CAP) regarding CAP processes as assigned.
• Collect remediation plans from Control Owners and track remediation progress.
• Assist with independent maturity assessments of the Global Security program against the NIST framework via third-party oversight.
• Identify integration points into enterprise processes and with other disciplines to provide a holistic security view.
• Support reporting to leadership on attestations and changes affecting the organization’s information security posture.
• Apply the organization’s risk tolerance and escalation processes for significant security matters.
• Interface with designated stakeholders to educate them on control responsibilities and target maturity for each control.
• Partner with the GRC team to utilize the GRC solution for assurance activities and reporting.
• Align to global security strategies to support the Cyber Assurance Program.
• Perform other duties as required.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong attention to detail. Proficiency in Japanese when directly supporting the Japan CAP team is required.
• Experience applying and assessing industry-recognized security standards across Information Security, Physical Security, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Crisis Management, and IT (Asset Management, Configuration Management, Vulnerability Patching).
• Knowledge of Technology Risk Management concepts and controls; regulatory requirements for protecting information assets; global technology organizational concepts; and all information security disciplines.
• Knowledge of regulatory protective requirements of personal data (e.g., FSA, FISC, HIPAA, GLBA, SEC, NYDFS, SOX) and security standards.
• Knowledge of cloud computing technologies and security best practices.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Business Administration or a related field.
• Five or more years of information technology security experience.

Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Insurance

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