Threat Intelligence Consultant

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Threat Intelligence Consultant

Apply locations UK Nationwide time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id R9214

Hybrid working from one of our UK offices (Manchester, Cheltenham or London.)

Thanks for checking out our job opening; we are excited that YOU are interested in learning more about NCC Group.

We are on a mission to make society a safer and more secure place. Our people are the ones who make that possible; a global community of talented individuals working together towards a safer future.

We aim to create an environment where everyone can reach their full potential. We work together, we are brilliantly creative, we embrace difference and we want you to join in our mission, to make the world safer and more secure.

The Opportunity:

You will be acting as a Threat Intelligence Consultant within the Strategic Threat Intelligence team, reporting to the Head of Strategic Threat Intelligence.

As a Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Consultant you will identify and collect threat information and intelligence relevant to our clients and produce high quality reports that they can rely upon.

You will be expected to have strong consultancy skills and experience in delivering large/complex pieces of client facing work where you will need to be able to manage multiple internal and external stakeholders.

Key Accountabilities:

• Deliver services from our Threat Intelligence portfolio, including emulating real threat actor reconnaissance (Online Exposure Assessments, Digital Footprint Reviews), and strategic threat intelligence consultancy (Threat Intelligence Maturity Assessments, Threat Landscape Reports), as well as combining these skills in Regulatory Threat Intelligence assessments (CBEST/TIBER-EU/CORIE/AASE/iCAST).
• Work under operational time pressure, be expected to self-manage tasks, meet deadlines in support of customer and NCC Group requirements.
• Maintain knowledge of the motivations of relevant cyber threat actors, their targets, and their TTP’s.
• Maintain a working knowledge of the cyber threat to various economic sectors, regions, and countries and be aware of the geopolitical impact on cyber threats.
• Help develop and grow our Strategic Threat Intelligence capabilities in line with our overall Threat Intelligence and Corporate strategies.

Functional and Technical Skills:

Essential

• Ability to conduct digital reconnaissance and OSINT, particularly the online attack surface of a company or person.
• Sufficient experience in delivering threat intelligence.
• Strong analytical and research skills, with a deep understanding of cyber threats and attack vectors.
• An understanding of current cyber threats and the attack vectors used by real threat actors in today’s digital landscape.
• Research, evaluation and reasoning skills, such as the grading of sources, understanding of biases and the application of various analytical techniques.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders in meetings or reports, and to present a differing interpretation of data in internal team discussions.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Desired

• Holds CREST Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst (CRTIA) accreditation or be willing to work towards this.
• Experience delivering regulatory threat intelligence engagements, such as CBEST or TIBER-EU.

About your application:

We review every application received and will get in touch if your skills and experience match what we’re looking for. If you don’t hear back from us within 10 days please don’t be too disappointed – we may keep your CV on our database for any future vacancies and we would encourage you to keep an eye on our career opportunities as there may be other suitable roles.

If you do not want us to retain your details, please email cv@nccgroup.com. All personal data is held in accordance with the NCC Group Privacy Policy. We are committed to diversity and flexibility in the workplace. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you during the application process, please tell us at any stage.

About Us

The NCC Group family has over 2,200 members located all around the world, providing a trusted advisory service to 15,000 customers. Born in the UK, we have now have offices in North America, Canada, Europe, Asia- Pacific and United Arab Emirates.

We are passionate about helping our customers to protect their brand, value and reputation against the ever-evolving threat landscape. We fuel that passion with investment in our people and our business.

Our values and code of ethics are at the heart of how we operate – we work together, we are brilliantly creative and we embrace difference. We treat everyone and everything with equal respect.

We want to create an environment where all colleagues feel psychologically, emotionally and physically safe to be authentic, sharing their personal experiences to represent the diversity of the world they live in, and have equal opportunity to achieve their best.