Researcher, Cyber Threat Intelligence

As a Researcher, Cyber Threat Intelligence at Control Risks, you will conduct desktop research into cyber and online threats to enrich the company's Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) reporting.

This role involves contributing regular reporting for clients subscribed to the intelligence platform and supporting bespoke engagements.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Research new sources of information and develop capabilities to collect and analyse information in support of the team.
• Demonstrate strong investigation skills relating to specific cyber threat incidents, data breaches, and other cyber security incidents.
• Build knowledge of collection tools to support bespoke investigative projects and Cyber Incident Response engagements.
• Conduct research on topics supporting other service lines, notably Intelligence and Analysis and Response.
• Develop knowledge of principal cyber and online threat actors through research on open source, social media, deep and dark web sites, and internal intelligence systems.
• Contribute continuous research for inclusion in routine CTI reporting and bespoke threat assessments.
• Support CTI threat monitoring activities with consistent and routine intelligence collection for bespoke clients, including flexible weekend monitoring.

General Analytical Responsibilities

• Support analysis on bespoke projects through data collection across all CTI products, demonstrating an ability to make judgments on the value of research collected.
• Be technically aware and understand basic cyber security principles, such as MITRE ATT&CK, the unified kill chain, and the intelligence life cycle.
• Be alert to the political implications of developments among cyber threat groups and bring these to the attention of other service lines.
• Contribute analysis for subscription updates.

Marketing and Business Development

• Support business development by conducting initial research scoping for proposals and other business development and marketing exercises.

Requirements

• Interest in and knowledge of cyber threat and risk issues and the interaction between political and geopolitical developments and the evolving threat landscape.
• Interest in and knowledge of broader trends and developments in technology, including AI, and associated regulatory landscape.
• Interest in and knowledge of intelligence and threat assessment principles, understanding of methods used to identify, understand, and compare threat actors.
• Academic or professional training in online investigations or open source collection.
• Ability to prepare sizable written reports for a senior business audience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in undertaking operational and tactical level research and investigations relating to cyber threat incidents or using cyber as a means of collecting information.
• Additional languages to English, such as Russian, Chinese, Farsi.

Benefits

• Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package.
• The company operates a discretionary global bonus scheme.
• Hybrid working arrangements are supported, with flexible and remote working options.