IT Risk Analyst

Dentons Europe Services (DES) in Prague is at the forefront of legal technology, providing innovative solutions to streamline operational processes. As an integral part of Dentons, the world's largest law firm, our Prague-based team combines expertise with cutting-edge technology to deliver efficient and effective solutions for our internal legal teams. 

At Dentons DES in Prague, we embrace a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. Our team of professionals is dedicated to collaborating seamlessly to provide a wide range of services, including finance, IT, human resources, marketing, and more to support legal teams in managing large volumes of data, ensuring accuracy, and enhancing the overall legal process. 

As an IT risk analyst, you will be responsible for ensuring the security of the company's information systems and data and organization’s adherence to relevant information security policies, standards, and regulations. You will perform risk assessments, respond to customer inquiries, and monitor third-party suppliers. You will also collaborate with the Data Privacy Team, IT and business teams spread geographically across Europe to treat and mitigate risks by implementing and auditing security procedures and controls.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct risk assessments of the company's IT systems, processes, and data, and analyze efficiency of existing security controls, identify vulnerabilities and gaps in risk treatments.
• Respond to customer information security questionnaires and provide evidence of the company's security posture and compliance.
• Review client and suppliers' agreements in the parts pertaining to information security and ensure compliance with policies and regulations.
• Perform third-party supplier risk assessments and ensure that they meet the company's security standards and contractual obligations.
• Develop and update security policies, procedures, and guidelines and ensure they align with the company's objectives, clients, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide security awareness and training to the company's staff and stakeholders.
• Monitor and report on the company's security performance and compliance status and recommend corrective actions and improvements.
• Maintain documentation of compliance activities, including policies, procedures, risk assessments, and audit reports.
• Assist internal and external assessments and audits to ensure compliance with client requirements and industry-specific regulations such as GDPR, SOX, etc.
• Provide guidance and support to business practices on information security-related matters, including data classification, access control, etc.
• Research and stay updated on the latest laws and regulations, security trends, threats, and best practices.

Requirements

• At least two years of experience in IT risk management, audit, or compliance focused role in information security.

• Knowledge of security frameworks, standards, and regulations, such as ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR, SOX etc.
• Knowledge of one or more risk management frameworks, knowledge of quantified risk management frameworks is preferred.
• Understanding of information security principles and practices, proficiency in information security tools and techniques with the ability to identify and mitigate security risks.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to convey complex information security and risk concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a challenging fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CRISC are a plus, but not required.

Benefits

Dentons is the world's largest law firm, delivering quality and value to clients around the globe. Dentons is a leader on the Acritas Global Elite Brand Index, a BTI Client Service 30 Award winner and recognized by prominent business and legal publications for its innovations in client service, including founding Nextlaw Labs and the Nextlaw Global Referral Network. Dentons' polycentric approach and world-class talent challenge the status quo to advance client interests in the communities in which we live and work.

Dentons is always looking to invest in the highest-quality talent, recognizing that our success is built on the diverse and unique strengths of each of the members of our Firm.

With over 10,000 lawyers, the Firm is uniquely positioned to leverage our global platform and deliver sophisticated and innovative legal services to our clients.

Dentons is a truly “polycentric” international law firm that fully embraces the diversity of its geography, cultures and legal traditions. The Firm has no headquarters, no dominant national culture, and proudly offers clients talent from diverse backgrounds and countries with deep experience in Civil Law, English Common Law and US Common Law.

At Dentons, we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential to the success and strength of our Firm and the quality of our advice to, and representation of, our clients. We are committed to providing a flexible environment where everyone respects, supports and learns from our collective skills, talents and differences. By attracting, supporting, prompting and retaining individuals from all backgrounds, inclusive of race, ethnicity, faith, religion or spiritual beliefs, gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, abilities, social perspective and other characteristics, we create a dynamic and inclusive work environment that is critical to our success.

Wherever you are in the world, we look forward to hearing from you.