Associate, Cyber Risk at Duff & Phelps, LLC in Secaucus, New Jersey

Job Description:

Our professionals balance analytical skills, deep market insight and independence to deliver solid, defensible analysis and practical advice to our clients. As an organization, we value the diverse backgrounds and perspectives that enable us to think globally. We create transparency in an opaque world, and we encourage our people to do the same. That means when you join our team, you'll become part of a supportive and collaborative work environment that empowers you to excel. If you're ready to share your perspective with the world, then you can make a real impact here. This is the Duff & Phelps difference.

Kroll, a division of Duff & Phelps and part of the Governance, Risk, Investigations and Disputes business unit, is the leading global provider of risk solutions. For more than 45 years, Kroll has helped clients make confident risk management decisions about people, assets, operations and security through a wide range of investigations, cyber security, due diligence and compliance, physical and operational security, and data and information management services.

Kroll's Cyber Risk team works on over 2,000 cases a year, including some of the most complex and highest profile matters in the world. With experts based around the world, supported by ground-breaking technology, we help protect our client's data, people, operations and reputation with innovative assessments, investigations and intelligence. We are the only company in the world with the expertise and resources to deliver global, end-to-end cyber risk management, supporting organizations through every step of their journey toward cyber resilience.

Clients count on us for quick and expert support in the event of and in preparation against a cyber incident; from incident response to risk assessments, and complex forensics to breach notification and ID theft remediation we help clients - of all sizes - respond with confidence.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

We are looking for bright, inquisitive minds who are experienced in and passionate about modern cyber threat hunting and response. Our Consultants use leading endpoint and network monitoring tools to identify, analyze, and respond to a variety of threats and threat actors impacting systems and networks around the globe

• Performing daily threat hunting, detection and analysis of events generated by advanced endpoint monitoring solutions and related security tools.
  
  


• Writing of basic threat reports associated with significant events.
  
  


• Assist in ongoing research, development, and testing of enhanced threat detection techniques and indicators.
  
  


• Conduct basic forensic, malware triage and sandbox analysis
  
  

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree required
  
  


• Low level understanding of Windows operating system architecture fundamentals (NTFS, registry, processes, binaries, DLL's, etc.) and administration. Similar understanding of MacOS and/or Linux a plus.
  
  


• Understanding of common malware behavior and persistence mechanisms.
  
  


• Working knowledge of various scripting languages and/or security and malware analysis tools such as: Python, Ruby, Unix Shell, PowerShell, Yara,
  
  


• Working knowledge of TCP/IP and related networking concepts.
  
  


• Prior experience managing or analyzing output from endpoint threat detection products such as Carbon Black, Splunk or other SIEM solutions, intrusion detection solutions, or related security products preferred.
  
  


• Understanding of information security basics especially in the realm of security incident response
  
  


• Relevant cyber security certifications including GCIA, GCIH, GCWN, CISSP, GREM a plus.
  
  


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills that help represent diverse communities.
  
  


• Experience working with diverse teams.
  
  

In order to be considered for a position at Duff & Phelps, you must formally apply via careers.duffandphelps.jobs

Duff & Phelps is committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants regardless of gender, gender identity, race, religion, color, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, age or disability.

Duff & Phelps is committed to equal opportunity and diversity, and recruits people based on merit.