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Fractional vCISO (Financial Services/Crypto experience)
- Calgary, AB, Canada
Part-time
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Ndax is a Canadian cryptocurrency trading platform headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. We are registered with the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) as an investment dealer and operate as a marketplace. We're looking for an experienced Fractional Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) to lead our information security program on a part-time basis.
You'll own our security program end to end and lead our internal security team. You'll work directly with the CEO and leadership to set security direction, meet our regulatory obligations, and protect our platform, our clients, and the digital assets we hold in custody.
This role suits a security leader who already serves other clients and wants to make a real impact in a regulated fintech and digital asset environment.
Key responsibilities:
Leadership and strategy
Required
You'll own our security program end to end and lead our internal security team. You'll work directly with the CEO and leadership to set security direction, meet our regulatory obligations, and protect our platform, our clients, and the digital assets we hold in custody.
This role suits a security leader who already serves other clients and wants to make a real impact in a regulated fintech and digital asset environment.
Key responsibilities:
Leadership and strategy
- Lead, manage, and mentor our internal security team
- Own our information security strategy and multi-year roadmap
- Assess our current security posture and identify gaps, risks, and priorities
- Report security risks, metrics, and program progress to executives and the board
- Build and maintain security policies, standards, procedures, and controls
- Keep us compliant with Canadian securities, AML, and privacy requirements, including CIRO, the CSA, FINTRAC, PIPEDA, and Alberta's PIPA
- Lead audit readiness for SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar frameworks, and act as the security point of contact for auditors and regulators
- Oversee vendor and third-party risk, including custodians, cloud providers, and key technology partners
- Set security standards for custody, wallet infrastructure, and cryptographic key management
- Guide cloud, application, and identity and access security across our trading platform
- Oversee vulnerability management, penetration testing, and threat monitoring
- Develop, test, and maintain incident response and business continuity plans
- Lead the response to security incidents, including regulatory notifications where required
- Drive security awareness and training across the company
Required
- 10+ years in information security, including at least 5 years in a CISO, vCISO, or head of security role
- Experience leading security programs at a regulated financial services, fintech, or digital asset company
- Working knowledge of Canadian regulatory expectations for registered dealers and money services businesses (CIRO, CSA, FINTRAC) and Canadian privacy law
- Hands-on experience taking an organization through SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audits
- Track record of building incident response programs and leading real incidents
- Experience managing and developing security staff
- Clear communicator who can brief a board as comfortably as an engineering team
- Experience securing cryptocurrency custody, hot and cold wallet operations, or HSM and MPC key management
- Familiarity with NIST CSF, CIS Controls, or CCSS (Cryptocurrency Security Standard)
- Background in cloud security (AWS or Azure) and securing trading or payments platforms
- Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or CCSK
- Fractional, part-time independent contractor engagement
- Hours tracked and invoiced monthly
- Reachable for urgent security incidents outside regular hours, as agreed in the contract
- Expected to sign a confidentiality agreement and pass a background check before starting
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Responsibilities
Lead Ndax’s information security program and internal security team, setting strategy, assessing risks, and reporting security posture and progress to executives and the board. Maintain regulatory compliance and audit readiness, oversee platform and digital asset security, manage third-party risks, and lead incident response, resilience planning, and security awareness.
Requirements
Requires 10+ years in information security, including at least five years in a CISO, vCISO, or head of security role, with experience leading security programs in regulated financial services, fintech, or digital assets. Candidates must understand relevant Canadian regulatory and privacy requirements, have led SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audits and real incident responses, and have experience managing security staff; cryptocurrency custody, cloud security, and relevant certifications are preferred.
Skills
- Information Security Leadership
- Security Strategy
- Security Program Management
- Regulatory Compliance
- Risk Management
- SOC 2
- ISO 27001
- Incident Response
- Business Continuity
- Cryptocurrency Custody Security
- Cryptographic Key Management
- Cloud Security
- Application Security
- Identity and Access Management
- Vulnerability Management
- Security Team Development
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Categories
- Security & Safety
- Technology
- Management & Leadership
- Finance & Accounting
- Consulting
Keywords
- CISO
- vCISO
- Information Security
- Financial Services
- Fintech
- Digital Assets
- CIRO
- CSA
- FINTRAC
- PIPEDA
- Alberta PIPA
- SOC 2
- ISO 27001
- NIST CSF
- CIS Controls
- CCSS
- Cryptocurrency Custody
- Hot Wallets
- Cold Wallets
- HSM
- MPC
- AWS
- Azure
- Cloud Security
- Incident Response
- Business Continuity
- Third-Party Risk
- Penetration Testing
- CISSP
- CISM