28301 - Security Risk Analyst II - Incident Response Analyst Cybersecurity POST NUMBER: 406328
Duration: 8 months Contract, renewable
Work Environment: Hybrid, 2 days per week working in Mississauga office
Hours: 37.5 working hours per week
Interview: 1 round
In this role, you will be in charge of leading the incident management process to identify, investigate and resolve security incidents. Your primary responsibility is to ensure that any security incident is handled efficiently and effectively, minimizing the potential damage and ensuring that operations can resume as quickly as possible.
To be successful, you will require a deep understanding of various aspects of cybersecurity; alongside technical expertise, you will require strong analytical skills, a proactive approach, and the ability to work under pressure.
What you'll do...
- Detection and Reporting
- Ensure that appropriate cyber security controls are executed according to the security program.
- Implement security improvements by assessing current situation, evaluating trends and anticipating requirements.
- Incident Assessment
- Review, assess and analyze the nature of the detected threat, its potential impact, and the best course of action.
- Identify the vulnerability that allowed the incident to occur and recommend changes to prevent similar incidents in the future.
- Incident Coordination
- Coordinate and organize the appropriate teams within the organization to respond to the threat.
- Prioritizing incidents according to their risk rating
- Adjusting the incident management process as required to ensure its effectiveness.
- Containment and Mitigation
- Implement appropriate measures to mitigate the impact of the threat and prevent it from causing further damage.
- Where required, participate in CAB reviews in support of remediation efforts to mitigate the threat
- Documentation and Reporting
- Managing and maintaining the Incident Response Log; ensuring a detailed record of the incident and your response. You will need to document every step of the process, from detection to resolution.
- Identify trends and patterns, understand the effectiveness of your response, and identify areas for improvement.
- Provide monthly reports on incident KPIs, trends and patterns to senior leadership.
- Contribute to the maintenance, testing and improvement of incident response plans, procedures and processes.
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, engineering, or a related field.
- Hands-on experience (at least 3 years) with information security is a requirement.
- At least three year's experience working in IT service management, or a similar role.
- Working experience and familiarity with common security and privacy industry standards (example: ISO/IEC 27001, NIST, PCI DSS, ITIL, COBIT etc.).
- Ability to analyze a high volume of technical data and work in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong problem solving, analytical, and time management skills.
- Ability to work independently and with multiple and diverse contacts, including external organizations, other IT staff, and different levels of management within the organization.
- Ability to handle multiple concurrent tasks while demonstrating urgency and ownership to drive projects to completion.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated excellence in communication, both written and verbal
Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
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