Head of Information Security

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🕒 August 14

🇲🇹 Malta – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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White Hat Gaming

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2012

🎲 Gambling

🎮 Gaming

🤝 B2B

Gambling • Gaming • B2B

White Hat Gaming is a leading full-service iGaming platform offering a secure, scalable, and flexible modular Casino and Sportsbook Player Account Management solution. It provides operators with a choice from its proprietary Player Account Management to a complete white-label solution. As an aggregator of third-party providers, White Hat Gaming includes market-leading content like Kambi Sportsbook and over 3000 games from 120 top game providers. In 2021, it expanded into the US market with White Hat Studios, broadening its gaming content through an acquisition from Blueprint Gaming. The company emphasizes responsible gambling and aligns itself with operators globally, holding numerous licenses across multiple US states and international jurisdictions to ensure compliance and service reach.

📋 Description

• Define and execute the company-wide information security strategy, vision, and multi-year roadmap • Lead, mentor, and grow the security team, including the Senior Information Security Engineer and other security staff • Own the enterprise risk management programme, including identification, assessment, treatment, and reporting of security and technology risks • Oversee compliance with PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, and jurisdiction-specific gambling regulations • Act as senior point of contact for external auditors, regulators, partners, and customers on information security, privacy, and assurance • Establish and maintain security policies, standards, and procedures across engineering, operations, and business functions • Lead the incident response programme, including tabletop exercises, playbooks, escalation paths, and major-incident command • Drive vulnerability management, threat intelligence, and penetration testing across AWS cloud and on-premise environments • Champion security-by-design across the SDLC with engineering and SRE leadership • Define and manage the security budget, vendor relationships, and tooling investments • Build and run security awareness and training programmes for employees and contractors • Report regularly to the executive team and board on security posture, risks, progress, and emerging threats • Monitor the evolving threat landscape, regulatory developments, and industry best practice

🎯 Requirements

• Significant experience in senior information security leadership roles, ideally including Head of Security, CISO, or equivalent positions in regulated industries • Proven track record of building and leading high-performing security teams across multiple geographies • Deep expertise in PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST CSF, and GDPR • Strong technical foundation across AWS cloud security, application security, network security, identity and access management, and security operations • Experience leading incident response and crisis management at an organisational level, including engagement with regulators and law enforcement where required • Industry knowledge of online gambling, fintech, or other highly regulated sectors strongly preferred • Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, or equivalent highly desirable • Outstanding communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex security topics for executive and board audiences • Strategic mindset combined with hands-on pragmatism and ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, scale-up environment

🏖️ Benefits

• A remote and flexible working schedule • Generous time off varied based on the country of residence • Discretionary annual performance bonus • Training and other learning & development opportunities to support career progression • Hardware & Software allowance or work equipment provided • Various well-being programmes and initiatives

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