Threat and Exploitation Analyst

Role/Job Title: Threat and Exploitation Analyst

Function/ Department:Risk

Job Purpose

Identifies and assesses the capabilities and activities of cybersecurity criminals or foreign intelligence entities; produces findings to help initialize or support law enforcement and counterintelligence investigations or activities.

Analyses collected information to identify vulnerabilities and potential for exploitation.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Ability to communicate complex information, concepts, or ideas in a confident and well-organized manner through verbal, written, and/or visual means.
• Ability to accurately and completely source all data used in intelligence, assessment and/or planning products.
• Ability to clearly articulate intelligence requirements into well-formulated research questions and data tracking variables for inquiry tracking purposes.
• Ability to develop or recommend analytic approaches or solutions to problems and situations for which information is incomplete or for which no precedent exists.
• Ability to effectively collaborate via virtual teams.
• Ability to evaluate information for reliability, validity, and relevance.
• Ability to evaluate, analyze, and synthesize large quantities of data (which may be fragmented and contradictory) into high quality, fused targeting/intelligence products.
• Ability to focus research efforts to meet the customer’s decision-making needs.
• Ability to function effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to function in a collaborative environment, seeking continuous consultation with other analysts and experts—both internal and external to the organization—to leverage analytical and technical expertise.
• Ability to identify intelligence gaps.
• Ability to recognize and mitigate cognitive biases which may affect analysis.
• Ability to recognize and mitigate deception in reporting and analysis.
• Ability to think critically.
• Ability to think like threat actors.
• Ability to utilize multiple intelligence sources across all intelligence disciplines.
  
  
  

Education Details

Graduation: Bachelor of Commerce (B.com) / Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) / Bachelor of Arts (BA) / Bachelor of Business & Insurance (BBI) / Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS)

Post-graduation: Master of Business Administration (MBA) / Master of Commerce (M.com) / Master of Arts (MA)

Experience: 5 to 10 years of relevant experience.