Ford Business Solutions
Cyber Security Professional
Security professional at Ford Business Solutions in Chennai performing security assessments of enterprise and SaaS IT assets — threat modeling (STRIDE, VAST, Attack Tree), risk evaluation, and guidance on secure design using OWASP, NIST, and CIS standards. Needs 3+ years in cyber security with OWASP Top-10, cloud (GCP), API security, and IAM knowledge; certifications like CISSP/OSCP are desirable.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Chennai
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Security
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Experience handling web application security risks (OWASP Top-10: injection, buffer overflow, XSS)
- Skill to provide security controls guidance for data usage, processing, storage, and transmission
- Knowledge of threat modeling methodologies (STRIDE, VAST, Attack Tree)
- Knowledge of security assessment, risk management, threats, vulnerabilities, and attack methods
- Knowledge of information security policies, standards, and procedures
- Ability to apply cybersecurity and privacy principles (CIA, authentication, non-repudiation)
- Knowledge of network access, cryptography, key management, and IAM (OAuth, OpenID, SAML)
- Knowledge of cloud security and API security
- Knowledge of security assessment for microservices, SQL/NoSQL databases, and GCP resources (Cloud Storage, Redis Pub/Sub, Cloud Run)
- Knowledge of computer networking and network security architecture concepts
- Knowledge of laws, regulations, policies, and ethics related to cybersecurity and privacy
- Ability to evaluate information for reliability, validity, and relevance
- Excellent analytical, communication, documentation, and presentation skills
- Knowledge of emerging technologies (AI/ML, Zero Trust, LCNC) and willingness to learn
- Knowledge of Agile practices and SDLC
- Self-starter who can work in ambiguous situations and drive to a solution
- Strong interpersonal skills, including ability to educate and influence
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, or related field
Nice to have
- Cyber security certifications like CISSP, OSCP, CEH, Pentest+
Full description
Job SummaryPerform Security Assessment for Enterprise and SaaS IT assets.
Responsibilities
- Gain understanding of the business process, application architecture, IT infrastructure and interaction with external entities.
- Work with business, application, and supplier teams to perform in-depth threat assessments by leveraging methods such as STRIDE, VAST, Attack Tree etc.
- Provide subject matter expertise in assessing potential security threats in the application architecture and evaluate security controls to mitigate threats.
- Assess the risk of identified threats by evaluating likelihood and impact, determine countermeasures and remediation.
- Apply Information Security Policy and industry security standards (E.g.: OWASP, NIST, CIS etc.,) and guide application teams to help build secure products.
- Follow security governance process for issue tracking and closure. Ensure that security improvement actions are evaluated, validated, and implemented as required.
- Leverage industry best practices to continually improve process maturity.
- Promote awareness of security issues among application teams and business teams through training and awareness programs.
- Stay updated through continuous learning of emerging technologies like LLM, ZTNA, LCNC etc.
Requirements
- Experience in handling web application security risks - OWASP Top-10 E.g.: Injection attacks, buffer overflow, cross-site scripting etc.
- Skill to provide security controls guidance related to data usage, processing, storage, and transmission.
- Knowledge of different Threat Modeling methodologies (E.g.: STRIDE, VAST, Attack Tree etc.).
- Knowledge of security assessment, risk management processes, cyber security threats, vulnerabilities, attack methods and techniques.
- Knowledge of organization's information security policies, standards, and procedures.
- Ability to apply cybersecurity and privacy principles to organizational requirements (relevant to confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, non-repudiation).
- Knowledge of network access, cryptography, cryptographic key management concepts, identity and access management (e.g.: OAuth, OpenID, SAML).
- Knowledge of cloud security and API security.
- Knowledge of security assessment for Microservices architecture, Databases (SQL/NoSQL), Google Cloud Platform resources like cloud storage, Redis Pub/Sub and Cloud Run.
- Knowledge of computer networking and network security architecture concepts including topology, protocols, components, and principles.
- Knowledge of laws, regulations, policies, and ethics related to cybersecurity and privacy.
- Ability to evaluate information for reliability, validity, and relevance.