Junior Cybersecurity Specialist Intern Apply: Remote type - Hybrid
Location: Randburg
Time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted Yesterday
Time left to apply: End Date: October 16, 2024 (5 hours left to apply)
Empowering Africa's tomorrow, together…one story at a time. With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
Job Summary To provide specialist advice & support in the development & implementation of IT security service delivery processes, methods and techniques enabling secure management & control of IT access, in alignment with governance requirements.
Are you ready to make a difference? Our Converged Security Office prides itself in its unique structure that sees an integration and collaboration model between our Information Risk, Cyber, Resilience, Physical Security & Forensics teams to ensure effective risk management across all disciplines.
You will be a member of the Cybersecurity Operations team with primary responsibility for responding to security events, acting as part of a 24x7 team in relation to identified events for the relevant technical support groups, businesses at risk and Service Recovery teams both internally and externally. Your responsibility includes the identification, management and mitigation of security events as detected by monitoring, internal and external intelligence, vulnerability assessment and internal problem management tools and procedures.
What you'll get to do: Works as part of a multidisciplinary global & regional team in the delivery of information security and privacy response services to the global retail and commercial enterprise. Responsible for the management of incidents, including notification, escalation response and post-incident review. Contributes to the execution of triage controls to detect and prevent attackers from infiltrating company information or jeopardising e-commerce programs. Escalates as per defined incident response guidelines regarding the negative impact on the business caused by theft, destruction, alteration or denial of access to information. Delivers recommendations and actions to improve the detection, escalation, containment and resolution of data security incidents. Incident management on the Bank's incident management platform. Investigates using the organisation's stack of technology tools. Improves and challenges existing processes and procedures in a very agile and fast-moving environment. Communicates and coordinates with other cybersecurity teams, internal business units and upper management. Identify new threats and trends. Improve detection of threats. Prepare technical reports. Stays current with global developments in the industry through research, periodicals, seminars, training, vendor site visits, and memberships. What do you need to get in? Grade 12 (NQF level 4). Must have completed 3 year Cyber Academy Qualification. Technology savvy. Stakeholder management. Analytical skills. Mechanical aptitude. If you're passionate about working in a fast-paced environment and contributing to the exciting world of Security by leading from the front, we would love to hear from you!
Education Higher Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required).
Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank. Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised. About Us Truly African We are a diversified standalone African financial services group, delivering an integrated set of products and services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth, investment management and insurance.
Absa Group Limited is listed on the JSE and is one of Africa's largest diversified financial services groups with a presence in 12 countries across the continent and around 41,000 employees.
We own majority stakes in banks in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania (ABSA Bank in Tanzania and National Bank of Commerce), Uganda, and Zambia. We also have offices in China, Namibia, Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, a Technology Hub in Prague, and insurance operations in Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.
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