Threat Intelligence Specialist

Basingstoke, Hampshire
Hays Specialist Recruitment

Your new company
A reputable telecommunications client is looking for a Threat Intelligence Specialist to join the wider team. You must have hands-on experience of working in this field at least a minimum of 4-5 years+ in post. You will be working with the wider team – ensuring delivery of the Threat Intelligence Programme within the business unit, delivery of services and products provided by Group Security. Where services are delivered by external providers, ensuring delivery of the Threat Intelligence services as per requirements of business unit.

Your new role

• As a diverse and inclusive organisation, our TI specialists help drive business-driven security by supporting senior business leaders, core security teams, technology functions, as well as risk and compliance, and other functions.
• Specifically, the TI Specialists source, process and analyse data to produce information the organisation can use to understand the threats that have, will, or are currently targeting our organisation. TI Specialists also provide expertise in supporting the resolution of advanced or complex security threats against client as well as advising on best practice countermeasures and detections.
• Identifying business unit Priority Intelligence Requirements that enable the business unit to conduct its business continuously in a secure manner.
• Analysis of information across Strategic, Operational and Tactical arenas into actionable intelligence that allows stakeholders to make informed decisions.
• Developing an understanding of business goals in order to constructively engage senior business leaders on information security, identifying key threats and areas for improvement, driving appropriate risk management decisions and collaborating with partners to achieve positive outcomes and business benefits
• Ensure emerging information and cybersecurity threats to the business are identified, discussed with senior business leadership and addressed through presented opportunities for security innovation.
• Build strong relationships within the business to gain an understanding of security-related business threats, vulnerabilities and risks.
• Monitoring of threat actors and groups, and identifying key trends leveraging internal and external threat data to enable positive business outcomes, keeping senior business leadership informed about information security-related issues and activities potentially affecting the organisation.
• Assist in running a threat intelligence platform that can store cyber threat intelligence idioms such as threat actors, exploit targets from disparate sources, devices, communities and industries in a structured & standardised way.
• Communicating the importance and promoting awareness of information security for business. Increasing business awareness of emerging security threats and risks. Helping develop a security culture within the business.
• Ensure timely delivery of actionable threat intelligence across the organisation, including key stakeholders; Security Operations, Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, Security Leadership, Fraud Prevention and Industry intelligence communities.
• Act as the point of escalation and support for Threat Intelligence analysts in the event of complex security incidents.

What you’ll need to succeed

• At least 5 years of work experience in integrating threat intelligence with people, processes, technologies and service
• Skilled at identifying security risks and exposures as well as remedial controls and processes
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of cybersecurity risk concepts and principles as a means of relating business needs to security controls
• Demonstrated experience providing written and verbal presentations to senior executives
• Ownership mentality with analytical and problem-solving skills
• Absolutely credible with high standards of personal integrity
• Excellent relationship management skills at all levels of the organisation
• Significant experience of successfully engaging and briefing senior leadership on information security
• Proven ability to operate effectively with minimal supervision
• Building networks with key contacts in- and outside of Liberty Global
• Passionate about doing the right thing and contributing to an organisation focused on continuously improving the customer experience.

What you’ll get in return
Flexible working options are available.

What you need to do now
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