Graduate Consultant, Cyber Incident Response: One Year Fixed Term Contract

We are now seeking talented individuals with a keen interest in developing a career in Cyber Security to join us as Graduate Consultants in London.  As the Graduate Consultant you will work on an initial one-year fixed term contract (with potential to extend).  This is an excellent career opportunity to join a specialist team dedicated to supporting clients with the most severe cyber security incidents.  We operate a hybrid working model that requires you to work at our office in Bank at least three days per week.   

**Please note that the recruitment process will require your attendance at a virtual assessment centre during the week commencing 5th October so you must be available to attend on one of the days that week (5th – 9th October).

As the Graduate Consultant you will support the existing team in responding to incidents and crises.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Cyber Crisis Management 

• Support the Cyber Incident Response (CIR) team advising clients on live cyber crisis management. 

• Support initial assessment of case and where appropriate, providing immediate verbal/written advice, recorded in an initial information gathering form. 

• Support the Crisis Management team as it provides clients with ongoing advice covering: 

- Managing the business impacts of a critical cyber incident and shaping recovery plans. 

- Liaising with key stakeholders, including our clients, law firms and communications specialists. 

• Discuss and input into communications strategies and plans. 

Cyber Incident Response 

• Support the Cyber Incident Response team as it provides clients with on-going incident response support covering: 

- Creating and providing client-deliverable technical documentation and advice for wider technical elements of our engagements. 

• Additional technical analysis e.g. log analysis, tooling deployment, EDR delivery and hunting, and wider incident response activities where required. 

Case Management 

• Maintain records of each case worked on by Cyber Incident Response. 

• Manage case management metrics tools and support in analysing case histories to drive insights for future use.  

Reporting 

• Provide situation reports and other significant case related material to the client and/or the case lead.  

• Provide documentation to the case lead in sufficient time to allow review and feedback, before submitting to a client. 

• Produce case summary and other reports as directed.

Supporting the growth of the Cyber Incident Response practice 

• Refining Control Risks’ cyber response methodologies and approaches and tailoring the approach in changing market conditions. 

• Develop and enhance existing in-house technical toolsets where appropriate.  

• Supporting marketing initiatives. 

Business development 

• Support in creating proposals and bid-related material  

• Support client presentations and pitches relating to new cyber response opportunities 

• Work closely with other Control Risks departments on joint opportunities