Associate/Cybersecurity & Incident Response (Forensic Services practice)
Investigates cyber incidents for clients, performs digital forensics, malware analysis, and threat hunting using tools like Python and forensic suites to uncover breaches and adversary activity.
- Compensation
- $92.5K–$105K / yr
- Location
- Boston, MA, United States; Chicago, IL, United States; Dallas, Texas, United States; Houston, Texas, United States; New York, NY, United States; Oakland, CA, United States; Washington, DC, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Security
- Posted
Skills
Nice to have
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with a relevant academic focus (Computer Science, Digital Forensics, Information Security and/or Information Systems) This is an immediate opening, current students shoul
- 2-4 years of relevant work experience in financial/economic analysis, preferably in a consulting firm (we are accepting applications from recent graduates and candidates in the workforce) Recent gradu
- Digital forensics/incident response training and certifications, including SANS GIAC (GCFA, GCFE, GNFA, GIME), IACIS (CFCE or CIFR), Magnet MCFE, X-ways X-Pert or similar;
- Strong understanding of computer operating systems, software and hardware;
- Ability to conduct detailed forensic investigations and analysis of computers, networks, mobile devices and removable media;
- Experience with conducting digital forensic analysis using commercial and open source forensic tools. Including file system forensics, memory analysis and network analysis;
- Experience with conducting static/dynamic malware analysis in a lab environment and threat hunting in a live environment;
- Experience in collegiate computer security competitions;
- Strong understanding of proper evidence handling procedures and chain of custody;
- Experience with drafting technical and investigative reports and communicating technical findings;
- Experience with utilizing automation tools and scripts to expedite analysis;
- Understanding incident handling procedures: preparation, identification, containment, eradication, and recovery-to protect enterprise environments;
- Understanding of common attack techniques used by an adversary on a victim network and leveraging those techniques to stop further adversary activity.
Full description
About Charles River Associates
Charles River Associates is a leading global consulting firm that provides economic, financial, and business management expertise to major law firms, corporations and governments around the world. CRA advises clients on economic and financial matters pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings, and guides corporations through critical business strategy and performance-related issues. Since 1965, clients have engaged CRA for its combination of industry experience and rigorous, fact-based analysis that provide clients with clear, implementable solutions to complex business concerns.
Position Overview
CRA’s Forensic Services practice supports companies’ commitment to integrity by assisting them and their counsel in independently responding to allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, misconduct, and non-compliance. We are noted for deploying cross-trained teams of forensic professionals to assist our clients in gaining deeper insights and greater value more quickly. We provide accounting and forensic services as well as cybercrime investigation services. We value knowledge of cybersecurity concepts, research experience, quantitative ability, exceptional written and oral communication skills, and a high level of initiative. We expect Associates to use data to solve client problems, work collaboratively with a team, effectively manage their time, prioritize tasks, and take pride and ownership in their work.
The opportunities to contribute to the Forensics team in this role may include (but are not limited to):
- Executing security and privacy investigations for CRA clients, in preparation of, and in response to, data security matters, which may include ongoing breach detection, threat analysis, incident response and malware analysis;
- Providing expert digital forensic support for counsel and clients in support of data security incidents, such as data breaches or fraud;
- Assisting in the drafting of forensic reports, affidavits and testifying as an expert in the field of digital forensics and incident response;
- Engaging in problem-solving and forensic analysis of digital information using standard evidence handling techniques and computer forensics tools;
- Identify, research, and organize information to assess the appropriateness and sufficiency of available data to facilitate effective data access and analysis;
- Developing familiarity with data that serves as input to this analysis, including threat intelligence, logging data, as well as contextual clues;
- Recognizing relationships among multiple sources and types of information to facilitate effective data analysis;
- Programming, model building, and database administration (Python, T-SQL, VBA, Excel, C#, among others);