Cyber Security
Protecting critical infrastructure and enterprise.
Cyber security now sits inside the systems that keep businesses operating and essential infrastructure running. The challenge is no longer confined to enterprise IT. It extends into operational technology, cloud environments and the digital platforms behind modern infrastructure. talisman’s Cyber Security practice gives our clients access to specialists who understand both the technical risk and the operating environment behind it.
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Why Cyber Security teams hire through talisman
Security expertise with market context.
The strongest cyber hires understand more than security tools. They understand what is being protected and what happens when those systems fail.
Our network reaches senior cyber leaders and deeply technical specialists, alongside the technology providers supporting them. That includes professionals working across enterprise environments as well as operational technology and critical infrastructure.
talisman’s wider market position adds context that generalist cyber recruiters often lack. Years spent working with utilities, infrastructure operators and digital platforms mean we understand the assets and operating environments behind the brief, not just the security title.
Enterprise security
- Cloud and infrastructure security
- Application and product security
- Identity and access management
- Cyber risk and governance
Critical infrastructure security
- Operational technology
- Industrial control systems
- Grid and infrastructure protection
- OT threat detection
Security across the operating environment
Cyber risk changes depending on what sits behind the system.
Protecting a cloud platform requires a different profile from securing an industrial control environment. talisman works across those specialist areas, giving clients access to cyber professionals from hands-on technical roles through to senior leadership.
Security leadership now sits much closer to business strategy.
CISOs and senior security executives are expected to understand technical exposure while shaping investment decisions and organizational resilience. The strongest leaders can translate risk into language the wider business can act on.
talisman works with established enterprises and infrastructure operators, as well as technology businesses building security capability through periods of growth.
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Deputy CISO
Chief Security Officer
VP Cyber Security
VP Information Security
Head of Cyber Security
Head of Information Security
Security Transformation Leadership
Cyber Security Director
Security Engineering Leadership
Operational technology introduces a different kind of cyber risk.
Industrial control systems and SCADA environments were built to keep physical assets running, often long before modern cyber threats were part of the design. Securing them requires people who understand the operational environment as well as the security challenge.
talisman’s position across energy and infrastructure gives this practice direct context around the systems being protected.
OT Security
ICS Security
Industrial Cyber Security
SCADA Security
OT Security Architecture
Control Systems Security
Grid Security
Critical Infrastructure Protection
OT Threat Detection & Response
OT Vulnerability Management
Head of OT Security
Director of Industrial Cyber Security
As infrastructure moves into the cloud, the security perimeter becomes harder to define.
Organizations need specialists who can design secure architecture and protect increasingly distributed environments without slowing the business down. That demand stretches from hands-on security engineering through to senior architecture leadership.
Cloud Security
Security Architecture
Infrastructure Security
Network Security
Cloud Security Engineering
Zero Trust
Enterprise Security Architecture
Security Engineering
Cloud Security Architect
Infrastructure Security Architect
Head of Cloud Security
Head of Security Architecture
Security is strongest when it is built into the product rather than added after development.
That requires professionals who can work alongside engineering teams and understand how software is actually designed. Application and product security specialists increasingly sit inside development environments, helping identify risk before it reaches production.
Application Security
Product Security
DevSecOps
Security Engineering
Secure Software Development
Software Security
Application Security Architecture
Product Security Engineering
Security by Design
Director of Product Security
Head of Application Security
Head of Product Security
Prevention will never remove every threat.
Strong cyber teams need the ability to identify unusual activity and understand what has happened once an incident begins. Detection engineering and threat intelligence sit at the center of that capability, supported by specialists who can respond quickly when exposure becomes real.
Security Operations
Incident Response
Threat Intelligence
Detection Engineering
Vulnerability Management
Cyber Defense
Threat Hunting
Digital Forensics
Red Team
Penetration Testing
SOC Leadership
Head of Incident Response
Head of Threat Intelligence
Every security environment eventually comes back to one question: who should have access?
As applications become more distributed and privileged access grows harder to control, identity has become a critical layer of enterprise security. The people behind IAM and PAM need to understand both architecture and governance, while keeping access practical for the business.
Identity & Access Management (IAM)
Privileged Access Management (PAM)
Identity Security
Identity Governance
Access Governance
Identity Architecture
IAM Engineering
Identity & Access Strategy
IAM Director
Head of Identity
Head of IAM
Cyber security is not only a technical problem.
Boards and regulators increasingly expect organizations to understand where exposure sits and how it is being managed. That creates demand for risk and governance professionals who can turn technical findings into clear controls, while helping the business meet changing regulatory obligations.
Cyber Risk
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)
Security Governance
Third-Party Risk
Cyber Regulatory Compliance
Security Assurance
Technology Risk
Cyber Risk Management
Director of Cyber Risk
Head of GRC
Head of Cyber Risk
Cyber Risk & Compliance Leadership
Featured Cyber Security opportunities
Market perspective
The security challenge changes with the asset.
A security model that works for enterprise software cannot simply be applied to a power network or industrial control system.
That is where talisman’s wider market knowledge matters. Our Cyber Security practice understands the technical disciplines behind security, but also the infrastructure and operating environments that create the risk in the first place.
Clients gain access to people with the context needed to protect what matters most.
Cyber security starts with understanding what is at risk.
Whether you are building enterprise security capability or protecting critical infrastructure, talisman can help you reach specialists who understand the environment as well as the threat.
Cyber Security FAQs
talisman recruits across cyber security markets throughout the United States, including information security, OT and ICS security, application security, security operations, risk and resilience and data privacy. Our work also extends into critical infrastructure environments where cyber security is closely connected to energy, infrastructure and operational technology.
Our cyber security recruitment work spans technical specialists through to senior leadership. Searches include security engineering, security operations, cloud and infrastructure security, application security, identity and access management, cyber risk and senior security leadership.
talisman works with organizations across energy, infrastructure, technology and financial markets where cyber security is central to operational resilience. We also support businesses building dedicated security functions around critical infrastructure, cloud environments and digital systems.
Yes. OT and critical infrastructure security are important parts of our cyber security practice. We support searches where candidates need to understand both cyber risk and the operational environments behind energy, utilities and infrastructure assets.
Many cyber security searches depend on a specific mix of technical depth and sector context. Our consultants map where that experience sits, assess relevant adjacent backgrounds and build the search around the actual security environment rather than relying on job title alone.
Yes. Many of the cyber security professionals in our network are not actively searching when we first speak. A conversation can provide useful context on compensation, hiring activity and where demand for your experience is moving, without creating pressure to make a change.