Threat Intelligence Analyst

Management Level

Role Summary

As a Threat Intelligence Analyst you will play a key role in helping to protect EQ against external and internal threat actors.

You will consume and evaluate threat intelligence to understand the evolving threat landscape, adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and areas of concern that could potentially impact our environment. Based on this analysis you will create actionable threat intelligence reports and subsequently collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure EQ is best placed to prevent and detect any threats that are realised within the EQ environment.

Core Duties/Responsibilities

You will be required to undertake the following specific activities:

• Proactively monitor and analyse the cyber threat landscape to assess risk and applicability to EQ.
• Analysis of emerging adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and their likelihood and impact to EQ.
• Production of strategic, tactical and operational Threat Reports/Vulnerability Assessments detailing identified threats and vulnerabilities, the potential impact on EQ.
• Provide actionable insight to enable Equiniti to deploy appropriate countermeasures against vulnerabilities and threats to EQ.
• Collaborate with internal teams, including security operations, incident response, and IT, to assess and prioritise security risks and vulnerabilities.
• Aid in strengthening EQs incident response capabilities by providing timely and accurate information to facilitate rapid response and recovery in the event of a security incident.
• Providing actionable insights and recommendations to senior EQ management to support strategic decision-making processes related to cybersecurity investments and resource allocations.
• Perform deep dive analysis of malicious artefacts / IOC’s using recognized TI programmes, and the MITRE ATT&CK TI Framework.
• Carry out Threat Hunting across the EQ environment using IOCs gathered during threat assessment and analysis.
• Develop and maintain threat intelligence processes, procedures, and tools to enhance our
  organization's cybersecurity capabilities.
• Manage brand protection activities and initiatives, including the management of takedown requests.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

The key skills and experience required for this role can be summarised as follows.

• Experience of having worked in cyber threat intelligence within a global organisation – ideally within Financial Services.
• Demonstrable knowledge of the Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK Framework.
• Excellent knowledge and technical understanding of the global cyber threat landscape, and the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by adversaries, especially those related to the financial sector.
• Ability to analyse complex threat and vulnerability data and convert that into clear and actionable intelligence.
• Experience in the identification and deep analysis of vulnerabilities and CVE’s to determine their impact to the organisation.
• Experience in the identification of IOCs and the utilisation of those IOCs to carry out threat hunts across the environment.
• Experience in evaluating existing cyber defences against identified threats and attacks to determine weaknesses and propose relevant detective or preventive control enhancements.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal/written communication skills, with the ability to present threat and intelligence reports to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Core Values & Behaviours

EQ Group adheres to a number of Values and Behaviours that are central to the way we conduct business. The ones relevant to this role are expected to be evidenced in the way the incumbent works:

Trust

• Acts with integrity and has high personal standards when dealing with others
• Treats others with respect, openness, honesty, and fairness (empathy)
• Accepts responsibility, rather than apportioning blame
• Creates the right blend of support and challenge – for themselves and others
• Maintains the organisation’s reputation for high standards of business conduct

Building Relationships

• Adds value and builds true partnerships
• Effectively manages expectations to achieve a positive outcome
• Builds effective networks (internally and externally)

Belief

• Is passionate and believes in what we do and who we are
• Champions collaboration across the business for the benefit of clients and customers
• Maintains motivation and commitment, despite changes in direction
• Consistently demonstrates the Equiniti Group Values, even under pressure

People

• Acts as a role model to others
• Positive, enthusiastic and supportive of others
• Promotes teamwork and works effectively with others to achieve own and wider business goals
• Leads in sharing best practice, knowledge and experience with others
• Embraces challenge and responds quickly and positively to change
• Is receptive, flexible and resilient
• Adopts personal style to suit the situation and needs of others

Excellence

• Works hard to get it right first time and keeps promises and commitments to others
• Proactively takes actions and works with others to enhance our performance and reputation
• Takes ownership for problems and finds solutions
• Effective use of own time and commits to realistic deadlines
• Continuously learns and improves from experience and shares this with others

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks.