Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

Digital Shadows is fast growth company with offices in London, San Francisco, Dallas, Frankfurt and Singapore. Our mission is to protect organizations from external digital risks across the open, deep, and dark web. We do this by providing relevant threat intelligence, context, expertise, and remediation that enables organizations and security teams to focus on their core business in the digital era. Our SearchLight™ service combines scalable data analytics with threat intelligence analysts to monitor for cyber threats, data leakage, reputation risks and a whole lot more. You can learn more about us at www.digitalshadows.com or review the Forrester New Wave report where we were named the leader in Digital Risk Protection.

Cyber Threat Intelligence analysts are an integral part of intelligence operations in Digital Shadows’ Photon team. This role is responsible for supporting the production of intelligence products. The successful candidate should be a cyber threat intelligence analyst or someone with relevant skills to develop in the role. The ideal candidate will have a keen interest in broadening their skills, knowledge, and experience within an Intelligence environment; Digital Shadows will nurture this.

The ideal candidate will be US-based (Plano TX or remote).

Requirements

• Write Intelligence Updates to support the Photon Team’s production of SearchLight Intelligence
  
• Create client-facing threat profiles available in the SearchLight portal
• Respond to client Requests for Intelligence (RFIs) as needed
• Support research into cyber threats drawing on multiple sources, including primary and closed sources
• Share knowledge to support all Photon team members
• Support the Cyber Threat Intelligence Leads in ensuring team goals are met

Qualifications

Required

• Deep interest in both cyber security and intelligence analysis
• Strong analytical skills and a demonstrated writing ability
• A university degree (i.e., Computer Science, Cyber Security, International Relations, Political Science), equivalent education, or relevant professional experience
• Good investigative skills including OSINT techniques, with a passion to develop these skills further
• Familiarity with research tooling and common threat feeds
• Interest in deepening understand of criminal, hacktivist and nation-state cyber activity and trends
• A comfortable public speaker, confident to share ideas and insights with peers
• Occasional weekend support for significant cyber security events

Preferred

• Skills in one of these key languages (Mandarin, Farsi, Vietnamese, Arabic or other Asian languages)
• Additional technical understanding/skills such as basic malware functionality, coding/scripting languages (Python), network intrusion analysis
• Deep interest in cyber security, specifically threat actor attack methodologies, security postures, and appropriate analytical frameworks
• Up-to-date insights into current exploit techniques, threat actor methodologies, data breach incidents, and security analysis techniques, combined with the understanding of the potential impact on an organization’s security posture
• Incident response experience
• Familiarity with structured analytic techniques for intelligence analysis
• Familiarity with Cyber Kill Chain and the MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Experience of online operations and/or social engineering techniques
• CompTIA Sec+, or similar entry level certification

Benefits

• Generous compensation package which includes; competitive salary, annual bonus, stock options and expense reimbursements related to travel and remote working.
• Excellent benefits; generous health insurance, paid time off (PTO), volunteering days, paid parental leave, paid military leave, paid sick leave, long service award of additional PTO, employee assistance program and mental health support.
• Spirited and energetic culture; regular team building events (in-person and online), monthly employee care packages, employee engagement activities with prizes, weekly updates from our co-founders, employee thank you cash awards, company swag!
• Career Development; In-house training programs and online learning management platforms, employee career path programs, professional certification and education support.