Intern - Cybersecurity Analyst
Role summary
The Cybersecurity Analyst intern supports the Information Security team's SecOps efforts to defend against cyber threats. Responsibilities include researching emerging threats, providing incident response support, conducting network monitoring and intrusion detection, and analyzing log and endpoint data. The role also involves deploying cloud-centric detection, correlating activity across various assets and environments, and assisting with business continuity and disaster recovery planning. This position aims to optimize and accelerate analysis through automation and data integration.
Summary
As a member of the Information Security team, the
Cybersecurity Analyst intern
is responsible for supporting SecOps efforts to protect the company from intrusions, malware, threat actors, and other forms of cyber attacks. The cybersecurity analyst intern will also be involved in supporting efforts to automate, integrate, and aggregate the data and systems needed to optimize and accelerate analysis.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties and tasks may be assigned.
- Researches emerging threats and vulnerabilities to aid in the identification of network incidents, and supports the creation of new architecture, policies, standards, and guidance to address them
- Provides incident response support, including mitigating actions to contain activity and facilitating forensics analysis when necessary
- Supports the creation of business continuity/disaster recovery plans, to include conducting disaster recovery tests, publishing test results, and making changes necessary to address deficiencies
- Conducts network monitoring and intrusion detection analysis using various computer network defense (CND) tools, such as intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), firewalls, host-based security system (HBSS), etc.
- Reviews alerts and data from sensors and documents formal, technical incident reports
- Tests new computers, software, switch hardware and routers before implementation to ensure security
- Conducts log-based and endpoint-based threat detection to detect and protect against threats coming from multiple sources
- Deploys cloud-centric detection to detect threats related to cloud environments and services used by the organization
- Correlates activity across assets (endpoint, network, apps) and environments (on-premises, cloud) to identify patterns of anomalous activity
- Reviews alerts and data from sensors, and documents formal, technical incident reports
- Works with threat intelligence and/or threat-hunting teams
- Researches emerging threats and vulnerabilities to aid in the identification of incidents
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Qualifications/Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Requirements Include
- Current enrollment in a Bachelor's degree program in computer science, engineering, information systems or another related discipline strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of analyzing threat event data, evaluating malicious activity, documenting unusual files and data, and identifying tactics, techniques and procedures used by attackers
- Strong problem-solving and trouble-shooting skills
- Self-motivated and possessing of a high sense of urgency and personal integrity
, All Full Time employees are eligible for the following benefits: \* Medical / Pharmacy \* Dental \* Vision \* Voluntary benefits \* 401k with employer match \* Virtual Care \* Life Insurance \* Voluntary Benefits \* PTO All Part Time employees are eligible for the following benefits: \* 401k with employer match \* PTO