Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth.
This position supports the Cybersecurity team within the Data & Technology business- one of seven practices focused on client delivery services across the Firm.
Ankura is one of the top five fastest growing consulting firms with more than 2,000 employees in more than 36 offices worldwide, providing a range of services to both the private and public sectors. Ankura's global EMEA Data & Technology team offers a wide range of services designed primarily to help other organizations quickly get their security incidents under control. Using incident response, digital forensics, threat intelligence and eDiscovery, we offer a holistic approach to getting on the attackers' trail.
The EMEA Cybersecurity & Privacy practice is growing and has ambitions to expand its capabilities from a strong base in incident response, intelligence and investigations into additional proactive security and managed detection & response services.
Why Join Ankura:
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Get involved with both Proactive and Reactive client work.
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Join a global diverse team working across the EMEA region.
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We support and develop individuals who aspire to be an expert.
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Opportunities for career development, an assigned career mentor, access to Ankura Academy, and opportunities to collaborate on projects with other Ankura practices.
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Work within a collaborative environment, whereby our professionals have the freedom to innovate which promotes curiosity, learning and communication.
The goal of this role is for applicants at this grade to support the team across different service offerings Ankura take to market, depending on client demand and professional interests. Usually, team members are expected to contribute to all our offerings and eventually major on a primary discipline as their career develops with us.
Role Overview:
As a (Senior) Associate, you will be a member of the cybersecurity investigations team: familiar with the practice’s customer support objectives and responsible for performing threat discovery and analysis activities while conveying your results to the internal team and external customers.
Responsibilities:
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Participate in cyber incident response investigations that may require log, forensic, host based and malware analysis.
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Performing digital forensic data acquisition, preservation and analysis, including comprehensive contemporaneous note taking.
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Collect and analyze firewall logs, network traffic logs and host system logs to evaluate whether unauthorized access or information exfiltration occurred.
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Perform forensic analysis to identify the presence of any malware, malware capabilities and understand the actions performed by the malware.
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Develop an understanding of a client’s security posture to guide them in identifying, analyzing and addressing cyber related threats and risks.
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Perform and support evaluation of cybersecurity programs based upon a recognized framework or regulation e.g. NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIS2 Directive, ISO Standards, etc.
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Perform technical testing of clients’ environments including best practice audits, network assessments, penetration testing and vulnerability assessments.
Qualifications & Experience:
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Degree (Bachelor or Master) in all fields related to Cyber Security, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a comparable qualification.
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Initial professional experience in the areas of Cyber IR, Cyber Advisory and/or security consulting or initial experience in the Cyber industry desirable (3+ years of professional experience)
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Business fluent German and very good written and spoken English - additional language skills are welcome.
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Holder of industry qualifications are preferred, but not required: CISSP, SANS, CISA, PMP, CISM, CREST, GWAPT, GXPN, GPEN and/or similar Forensics / Cyber Security certification(s)
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Structured and analytical approach as well as interdisciplinary thinking and good organizational skills
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Functional understanding of Network Architecture, Design, and Security Best Practices.
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Strong team spirit, customer and service orientation as well as strong communication skills complete your profile.
What we can offer you:
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An attractive compensation package.
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Vast opportunities for career development, with formal development processes, training programs and internal e-learnin