Cybersecurity Advisory Consultant
Pubblicato il 03-10-2026 - WFP in Roma
Organizational context: The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, dedicated to saving lives and building a pathway to peace, stability, and prosperity. WFP operates in emergencies and supports people recovering from conflict, disasters, and climate change impacts. The organization values diversity, inclusion, and invests in employee development.
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Job purpose: The Cybersecurity Advisory Consultant will provide expert consulting services to WFP’s business units, focusing on Authorization to Operate (ATO), cyber compliance, and application security. This role is crucial for embedding secure-by-design principles across the technology lifecycle, from solution conception to deployment and operation. The consultant will support the secure adoption of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, ensuring critical applications like beneficiary management systems are protected.
Key responsibilities include conducting risk assessments, designing security architectures, developing security requirements for AI solutions, and advising stakeholders on cybersecurity risks associated with new technologies. The aim is to strengthen WFP’s cybersecurity posture, protect information assets, and maintain compliance with organizational standards and industry best practices.
Responsibilities: The Cybersecurity Advisory Consultant will conduct comprehensive risk assessments and lead the Authorization to Operate (ATO) process for IT systems, ensuring security risks are identified, evaluated, and mitigated. This role involves designing and reviewing security architectures for applications, platforms, and cloud services, embedding secure-by-design principles throughout the technology lifecycle. A key responsibility is developing and maintaining security requirements for artificial intelligence (AI)