Senior Insider Threat Analyst – Mid-Atlantic Region

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October 16

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GuidePoint Security

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Cybersecurity

GuidePoint Security is a cybersecurity firm offering consulting, engineering, and managed services to help organizations secure their digital assets. The company specializes in application security, cloud security, data protection, email security, threat intelligence, and identity and access management. With solutions tailored to various platforms including AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud, and OT environments, GuidePoint Security aims to enhance cybersecurity resilience for both enterprise and government clients. They focus on integrating advanced security technologies and providing expertise in risk assessment, compliance, and security awareness education, helping clients navigate complex cybersecurity challenges and improve their security posture.

201 - 500 employees

🔒 Cybersecurity

📋 Description

• Identify and Respond to Insider Threat Security Events • Respond, analyze, and triage alerts from DLP, UEBA and other monitoring tools • Characterize and analyze information from enterprise cyber security tools identify anomalous activity and potential threats • Coordinate with enterprise-wide cyber defense staff to validate network alerts • Analyze security incidents for trends and patterns to uncover anomalies, identify gaps, and propose risk mitigation solutions • Manage incident response and investigative leads, including notification and escalation. Coordinate with physical security, legal, and HR teams as required. • Develop Insider Threat Use Cases and Tune DLP and UEBA rules and policies • Develop distinct insider threat use cases; identify tools, policies, and rules to monitor for the use case; tune policies and rules to meet use case requirements • Based on analysis of alerts, modify rules and policies to increase accuracy and reduce false positives • Identify and integrate new data sources to identify insider threat activity • Perform security reviews, cyber defense trend analysis, and open-source research. • Identify vulnerabilities in security architecture or controls; and recommended changes to resolve or mitigate risk of these vulnerabilities • Analyze insider events to identify patterns and develop mitigation strategies • Conduct open-source research about industry trends and developments in protecting company assets and countering Insider Threats • Prepare timely written reports which summarize significant industry insider events to draw lessons which can be incorporated into the Insider Threat Program • Assist in the development of policy, processes, procedures an associated metrics • Produce and deliver insider threat awareness briefings, debriefings, and training activities.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, or related 4-year technical degree with 5 + years of experience in IT or cybersecurity, or equivalent combination of education and work experience • Skill in collecting data from a variety of cyber defense resources and ability to interpret information collected to recognize threats • Knowledge of DLP, UEBA, and logging applications; and skill tuning policies within these tools • Knowledge of incident response and handling methodologies. • Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies. • Knowledge of host/network access control mechanisms • Knowledge of operating systems • Knowledge of scripting languages • Knowledge of cyber-attack stages and techniques used by malicious insiders • Knowledge of security controls frameworks and ability to assess organizational security posture against these frameworks • Skill in conducting trend analysis

🏖️ Benefits

• Group Medical Insurance options: Zero Deductible PPO Plan (GuidePoint pays 90% of the premium for employees and 70% for family plans (spouse/children/family) or High Deductible Health Plan with HSA (GuidePoint pays 100% of the employees premiums and 75% for family plans (spouse/children/family) and GPS will contribute in one lump sum: ($500 per EE annually / $1000 per family annually (includes spouse/children/family options) • Group Dental Insurance: GuidePoint pays 100% of the premium for employees and 75% of family plans • 12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program • Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance • Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment • Pet Benefit Option