Security Lead

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Provide timely and effective security incident response within a 24x7 SOC environment.
• Lead operation teams to effectively maintain the lifecycle of both on-premises and cloud-based security solutions.
• Manage response to security and operational incidents, and on-going security requests.
• Coordinate and manage security incidents to ensure swift identification, containment, and remediation.
• Develop and maintain incident response playbooks and procedures.
• Participate and contribute to industry cyber forums, both formal and informal.
• Support all audits and reviews requests.
• Monitor developments in the information security industry and communicate on the potential impact or applicability to the organization Vulnerability Management :
• Support global vulnerability management processes including operating system (OS) and infrastructure patching, hardening, and testing efforts.
• Conduct regular vulnerability assessments (VAPT) and prioritize remediation activities.
• Collaborate with IT teams to implement and validate security patches and updates. Security Tools Operation :
• Manage the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for security solutions which includes new investments and business-as-usual financials.
• Operate and manage various security tools including Host Intrusion Detection Systems (HIDS), Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), analysers, scanners, and more.
• Continuously monitor and analyse security tools to identify active threats, attacks, vulnerabilities, and exposures.
• Prioritize identified threats and vulnerabilities for remediation activities within the team. Threat and Vulnerability Identification :
• Assist in the identification and evaluation of security threats and vulnerabilities.
• Conduct in-depth analysis of security events to determine the root cause and potential impact.
• Provide recommendations for mitigation and remediation solutions to address identified security issues.

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