Threat Intelligence Researcher

Typical Years of Experience : 8-12 years

Educational Qualification : BE / BSC(Comp / IT) (or equivalent)

Threat Intelligence & Researcher

• Keep track of APTs groups (advanced persistent threats), Know APT Groups motivation, their tools & techniques, the malware they write, and C&C (command and control center), identify their targets.
• Threat intelligence analyst must have professional experience in cybersecurity
• A Threat Researcher is responsible for identifying and analyzing potential threats to an organization's network and systems
• They work to understand the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by threat actors to compromise systems and steal sensitive data.
• Threat Researchers are also responsible for developing and implementing strategies to detect, prevent, and mitigate these threats
• Conducting research on emerging threats and Vulnerabilities
• Analyzing Threat intelligence data to identify potential threats
• Developing and implementing strategies to detect and prevent threats
• Collaborating with other cybersecurity professionals to develop and implement security measures
• Creating reports and presentations to communicate findings to management and other stakeholders
• Ensure all the advisories received from regulatory and strategy partners are analyzed and processed in timely manner.
• All TI and DWM trackers are updated in near real time.
• Create reports / Dashboard for higher management
• Collects data types and sources of information in addition to commonly collecting forms of threat data, i.e., malicious IPs and domains. Information from news and social media sources. Vulnerability data such as personally identifiable information.
• Performs sorting, filtering, indexing on raw data.
• Format and structure raw data.
• Take the result of several tools, data sources and combines those data points on a per-host basis, performing, investigating, and analyzing data.

(ref : hirist.tech)