Northern Trust
Financial Services
SrAssoc,CyberSecAIThreatDefense
“Sr Assoc, Cyber Sec AI Threat Defense at Northern Trust. Skills: Cybersecurity, AI Threat Defense, Vulnerability Management. Research new vulnerabilities. Research emerging vulnerabilities”
What You'll Achieve.
Shorten mean time to respond; Reduce potential blast radius
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years cybersecurity experience, Demonstrated leadership in threat management, Demonstrated leadership in incident response, Demonstrated leadership in security operations, Understanding of modern adversary TTPs, Understanding of AI-enabled threats, Understanding of automation abuse, Understanding of emerging attack techniques, Some development experience in Java, Some development experience in C++, Some development experience in C#, Some development experience in Powershell, Some development experience in Python
What You'll Do.
Research new vulnerabilities
Research emerging vulnerabilities
Research misconfigurations
Research attack patterns
Assess vulnerabilities based on severity
Assess vulnerabilities based on exploitability
Assess vulnerabilities based on business impact
Conduct proactive exploitation assessments
Conduct PoC to validate vulnerabilities
Build AI-specific threat profile
Map exploitation timelines
Partner with Purple team
Validate attack techniques
Validate vulnerabilities
Develop proof-of-concept
Work with threat hunting
Hunt against environment
Identify exploitation signs
Identify exposure windows
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with Purple team
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