Corporate and policy enablers: Security governance, policy, planning, oversight, and reporting
Security governance, policy, planning, oversight, and reporting - Competencies
Key activities
- Assess the development, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of security programs, controls, and services to ensure consistency and compliance with security legislative, regulatory, and policy requirements.
- Provide strategic security advice and guidance, and liaise with government security community/ governance to validate legislative, regulation, and policy interpretation, and integrate any updates.
- Connect employees and managers to appropriate security control specialists.
- Support the development of departmental security policies, procedures, and plans as it relates to the Policy on Government Security and its eight (8) controls.
- Report on plans, strategic goals, and performance of security programs (e.g., departmental security plans, contribution to the Management Accountability Framework, performance management strategy, etc.) to assess security awareness level and compliance with Policy on Government Security and its eight (8) controls.
- Analyze and disseminate intelligence material and ensure its consideration and integration as appropriate into the organization’s security risk assessments and planning activities.
- Seek continuous opportunities to integrate security practices and concepts within departmental administration, operations, and business practices.
- Support the development, implementation, interpretation, and/or application of government and departmental security policies, standards and guidelines, and the Departmental Security Plan.
- Work with Lead Security Agencies and other government departments to exchange best practices and lessons learned.
Knowledge
Applies at all levels
- Knowledge of the organizational vision, mandate, programs, policies, operating environment, and structure, including diversity and inclusion considerations
- Knowledge of security fundamentals, and security legislation, regulations, policies, and practices
- Knowledge of information gathering and analysis technique
Entry-level
- See above
Mid-level
- Knowledge of project management
- Knowledge of risk management
- Knowledge of policy development principles and methodologies
Management, Executive and Chief Security Officer
- Knowledge of the Government of Canada security governance, including the roles and responsibilities of lead security agencies
- Knowledge of security intelligence
Skills
Applies at all levels
- Ability to collect, analyze and get acquainted with information from various sources, establish logical links and leverage as required to advance projects and/or files, and to support an informed decision-making process
Entry-level
- See above
Mid-level
- Ability to manage and/or support a project from its conception to close-out phases
- Ability to conduct and report on threat and risk assessments
- Ability to develop strategic documents to support an informed decision-process, and to support the implementation of policies, directives, guidance, action plans, initiatives, etc.
Management, Executive, and Chief Security Officer
- Ability to manage a team and align efforts towards common goals, in line with government and organizational priorities and programs
- Ability to work with other organizations and stakeholders to ensure the collaboration, sharing and leveraging of information and dissemination of best practices and lessons learned
Attributes
Applies at all levels
- Strategic and analytical thinking and creative problem solving
- Engagement, collaboration, and client-focus
- Self-management: reliability, planning and organizing, flexibility and initiative
- Demonstration of integrity and respect
- Sound judgment
- Communication
- Thoroughness
Entry-level
- See above
Mid-level
- See above
Management, Executive, and Chief Security Officer
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