Innovation Technologist - Cyber Trust

As Innovation Technologist focused on Cyber Trust you will explore how SGS can act as an independent provider of cybersecurity services and solutions that strengthen and extend the SGS DIGITAL TRUST offering. The role identifies where the market needs credible assurance for cybersecurity, resilience, and the protection of modern digital systems. The role analyses emerging technologies, threats, and research, evaluates startups and tools, and proposes where SGS should build, partner, invest, or acquire to expand its cybersecurity capabilities.

Key responsibilities:

• Analyse Digital Trust trends to understand where organisations need independent Cyber Trust and identify credible roles SGS could play.
• Map key cybersecurity trust needs — resilience, secure operation, vulnerability risks, exploitation patterns, and protection requirements for modern digital systems.
• Evaluate cybersecurity assurance concepts (SOC/MDR models, forensics approaches, vulnerability discovery, penetration testing, resilience validation) for relevance and feasibility.
• Assess advanced trust technologies (confidential computing, secure enclaves, MPC, PQC, distributed key management) for their applicability to new SGS offerings.
• Interpret cybersecurity regulations (CRA, NIS2, sectoral rules, AI Act security requirements) and translate them into potential assurance and resilience roles for SGS.
• Engage with universities, cybersecurity research labs, and technology leaders to track cutting-edge developments and explore partnership opportunities.
• Track evolving threat landscapes (LLM-enabled attacks, automated exploitation, agentic AI threats) to identify emerging cyber assurance needs.
• Evaluate cybersecurity startups, tools, and platforms for innovation maturity and strategic fit with SGS’s Cybersecurity ambitions under the SGS DIGITAL TRUST offering..
• Provide technical insight and high-level due diligence for cyber-related build–buy–partner–invest evaluations.
• Work with the Innovation Design Lead to shape early Cyber Trust concepts, frameworks, or service ideas.
• Contribute expert insight to Digital Trust marketing, thought leadership, and cross-functional awareness activities.
• Work cross-functionally with business lines, M&A, R&D, innovation teams, and IT on early-stage technology assessments.