Graduate Consultant, Cyber Incident Response: One Year Fixed Term Contract

We are now seeking talented individuals with a keen interest in developing a career in Cyber Security to join us as Graduate Consultants in London. As the Graduate Consultant you will work on an initial one-year fixed term contract (with potential to extend). This is an excellent career opportunity to join a specialist team dedicated to supporting clients with the most severe cyber security incidents. We operate a hybrid working model that requires you to work at our office in Bank at least three days per week.

**Please note that the recruitment process will require your attendance at a virtual assessment centre during the week commencing 5th October so you must be available to attend on one of the days that week (5th - 9th October).

As the Graduate Consultant you will support the existing team in responding to incidents and crises.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Cyber Crisis Management

• Support the Cyber Incident Response (CIR) team advising clients on live cyber crisis management.

• Support initial assessment of case and where appropriate, providing immediate verbal/written advice, recorded in an initial information gathering form.

• Support the Crisis Management team as it provides clients with ongoing advice covering:

• Managing the business impacts of a critical cyber incident and shaping recovery plans.

• Liaising with key stakeholders, including our clients, law firms and communications specialists.
• Discuss and input into communications strategies and plans.

Cyber Incident Response

• Support the Cyber Incident Response team as it provides clients with on-going incident response support covering:

• Creating and providing client-deliverable technical documentation and advice for wider technical elements of our engagements.
• Additional technical analysis e.g. log analysis, tooling deployment, EDR delivery and hunting, and wider incident response activities where required.

Case Management

• Maintain records of each case worked on by Cyber Incident Response.

• Manage case management metrics tools and support in analysing case histories to drive insights for future use.

Reporting

• Provide situation reports and other significant case related material to the client and/or the case lead.

• Provide documentation to the case lead in sufficient time to allow review and feedback, before submitting to a client.

• Produce case summary and other reports as directed.

Supporting the growth of the Cyber Incident Response practice

• Refining Control Risks’ cyber response methodologies and approaches and tailoring the approach in changing market conditions.

• Develop and enhance existing in-house technical toolsets where appropriate.

• Supporting marketing initiatives.

Business development

• Support in creating proposals and bid-related material

• Support client presentations and pitches relating to new cyber response opportunities

• Work closely with other Control Risks departments on joint opportunities

• Degree-level qualification or equivalent, preferably in a field related to risk, security, information security, intelligence or computer science., * Understanding of the cyber threat landscape and key cyber security concepts.
• Existing technical proficiency in areas relevant to cyber incident response or demonstrable interest and ability in developing technical skills
• Ability to communicate clearly in written and oral form at senior levels.
• Able to explain difficult technical concepts and ideas in non-technical terms.
• Ability to see security from the attacker’s point of view.

Preferred

• Business proficiency in one or more European languages.
• Demonstrable self-led development and research.

• Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.
• Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasise the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
• As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.