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Security Analyst
Work experience and qualification details:
Group A
A Bachelor’s Degree, with a major in Information Technology (IT)
2+ years of Forensics Analysis of Security Device (IDS, Firewalls) Alarms,
vulnerability assessments and penetration testing skills
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Group B
A Masters/Bachelor’s Degree in any other discipline.
3+ years of Forensics Analysis of Security (IDS, Firewalls) Device Alarms,
vulnerability assessments and penetration testing skills
Knowledge & skills:
- Strong understanding of networking, operating system.
- Be able to demonstrate and exploit vulnerabilities and other security
weaknesses.
- Should be well conversant with manual and automated vulnerability
assessments.
- Knowledge of SIM (Security Information Management) Tools
Technology
- Systems hardening.
- Network Traffic Analysis using tools like tcpdump, Ethereal
- Intrusion Detection and Monitoring.
- Penetration testing using open sources tools and commercial tools.
- Log Analysis of firewalls, routers, IDS/IPS
- Understanding of Linux, Windows and other UNIX flavors.
- Programming Skills C / Perl / Unix shell scripts
Certifications required:
- SANS GIAC – GCIA (GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst)
- SANS GIAC – GCIH (GIAC Certified Incident Handling)
- CEH or similar certifications (desirable)
- CISSP (desirable)
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONIBILITIES.
- Log Analysis Firewalls, Routers, Switches, IDS/IPS, OS Logs
(30% - Time Spent)
- Rules to correlate the above logs to identify the attack patterns
(30% - Time Spent)
- Penetration testing and security research. (20% - Time Spent)
- Documentation (20% Time Spent)
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