Threat Intelligence Specialist
JOB_52608504611033Job type
ContractLocation
LondonWorking Pattern
Full-timeSpecialism
Cyber SecurityIndustry
Technology & Internet ServicesPay
Negotiable day rate
Threat Intelligence Specialist
The Threat Intelligence Specialist (TIS) will be required to better understand and assess cyber threats that are likely to impact the organisation.
The TIS will demonstrate an ability to apply technical insights and knowledge of global events and threat actors to produce practical actionable security intelligence.
They will understand strategic risks, identify sources of information, collect, analyse and produce finished Threat Intelligence to inform and minimise the risk of harm.
The Role
Collection, analysis, and production of finished Threat Intelligence.
Maintain awareness of the global threat landscape to ensure a strong security posture.
Use a variety of sources of intelligence to increase knowledge, corroborate and parallel information; and have confidence in your ability to draw conclusions and present actionable intelligence led recommendations.
Responsible for tracking targeted campaigns and threat actors, identify relevant TTPSs and make recommendations and remediation advice to reduce the risk from such threats.
Collaborate to generate and review complex, technical threat data, and enrich it with contextual information that will result in finished intelligence.
Develop hypotheses based on threat intelligence to direct joint operations with CTI technical resources to direct threat hunting and vulnerability management activities.
Produce Threat Advisories, Intelligence Briefings, Strategic Assessments, and RFI responses as a routine responsibility.
Have a continuing focus on internal and external information sharing groups.
Continue to develop access to internal data and leverage threat intelligence tooling to maximise intelligence opportunities.
Actively promote Cyber Threat Intelligence concept
Ability to lead and conduct investigations and report findings to leadership.
Have strong knowledge of:
-The MITRE ATT&CK Framework.
- Cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
- Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) and their associated Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP).
- Incident response and handling methodologies.
- Risk management processes (e.g., methods for assessing and mitigating risk).
- Threat hunting techniques, tools and operational procedures.
Ability to work towards team and individual targets.
Pro-actively identify better ways to deliver improvement and simplify the way in which activities are undertaken
Use standard best practice to deliver across the group in a consistent, repeatable manor
Maintain open and constructive working relationships with high degree of commitment and commitment resilience.
Build new and maintain effective working relationships with internal stakeholders.
Collaboration with subject matter experts to validate technical and operational control requirements
Proactively shares information with and seeks advice from other team members and the wider group to drive improvements
Education/professional qualification
Demonstrable experience in Information and Cyber Security.
Extensive and demonstrable experience in collection, analysis, production and dissemination of intelligence.
Experience of using Threat Intelligence Platform or relatable technology.
Strong technical understanding of networking, internet protocols and information security
Experience of using MITRE ATT&CK Framework, Kill Chain, and Diamond Intrusion model
Advanced knowledge of global threats to international cyber security and conversant in the tactics, techniques and procedures used by cyber adversaries
Experienced in supporting security breaches, security incident management and delivering briefings to senior management.
Recognised Threat Intelligence qualification(s) are preferred (CTIA, CySA+, etc)
Threat Intelligence SpecialistJOB_526085046110332024-09-272024-12-26
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