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CISOC Analyst Job KCB Bank

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Key Responsibilities

  • Monitor user and system activity to identify suspicious activities leveraging on security systems. 
  • Monitor network activity and investigate anomalous events and traffic trends   
  • Check security monitoring status of systems on monitoring tools and initiate remediation of noted gaps. 
  • Monitor alerts and alarms from security monitoring tools and initiate corrective actions 
  • Configure and finetune security monitoring systems to make sure the Bank is sufficiently protected 
  • Administer security tools ensuring optimal uptime and resource utilization 
  • Investigate suspicious user and system events and identify breaches and root cause. 
  • Mitigate intrusion attempts through proactive response to incidents. 
  • Prepare manual and scheduled reports for various stakeholders 
  • Research and stay up to date on technology and cybersecurity trends 

Daily Responsibilities

  • Monitor event logs from various systems (firewalls, email, web and DNS, databases, etc) to identify suspicious activities for attacks, intrusions, and unusual, unauthorised, or illegal activity. 
  • Perform incident drilldowns and investigations and escalate validated incident to designated incident response teams. 
  • Follow up on security incidents with relevant support teams and ensure timely resolution. 
  • Administer the performance, resource utilisation and overall health of the Bank’s security monitoring tools. 
  • Prepare and circulate SOC management reports and dashboards.

Minimum Position Qualification Requirements

Academic and Professional

Specific Field or Qualification

  • BSc. Information Technology / Computer Science / Cybersecurity / Engineering (Electrical, Electronic) or related field RQ

Professional Certifications

Information security certifications including, but not limited to:

  • Certified SOC Analyst (CSA)
  • Certified Incident Handler (E|CIH)
  • Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst (CTIA)
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
  • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
  • PENTEST+
  • Security+
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
  • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) AA

Specific Field or Qualification

  • Any SIEM certification such as those from Splunk, IBM QRadar, LogRhythm, ArcSight, AlienVault, etc.AA
  • Any vendor-specific information security certification such as those from Palo Alto, Cisco, etc. AA
  • Master’s Degree MBA / MSc Cybersecurity / Information Systems Security / IT Security / IT AA

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