Associate Managing Director, DFIR, Cyber Risk

Associate Managing Director, DFIR, Cyber Risk – Hong Kong

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Our Cyber Security & Investigations Practice provides solutions that help clients comply with the myriad of IT Risk Prevention/Assessments and Cyber/Data Breach Response and Investigation.

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Summary of Position

This position is an excellent opportunity for a self-motivated individual to join a fast-growing team of global experts. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to attend leading training as well as further their career through exposure to a diverse caseload alongside some of the best talent in the industry.

As an Associate Managing Director, frequent travel may be required to various locations in Asia and to be involved in a range of investigations which include employee investigations, hacking, fraud, data recovery, theft of sensitive company information, industrial and commercial espionage.

Due to the inherent volatility of investigative response work, you will be expected to discharge various responsibilities assigned, while successfully managing a variable caseload. You will be responsible for integrity in analysis, quality in client deliverables, as well as gathering caseload intelligence.

Other responsibilities include:

• Use leading-edge technology and industry standard forensic tools and procedures to provide insight into the cause and effect of suspected Cyber intrusions
• Follow proper evidence handling procedures and chain of custody protocols
• Determine programs that have been executed, including finding files that have been changed on disk and in memory. Use timestamps, host and network logs, photographs, and the collection of hash information to develop authoritative timelines of activity
• Find evidence of deleted files and hidden data. Identify and document case relevant file-system artifacts, including browser histories, account usage, and USB histories
• Assist with preliminary analysis by tracing an activity to its source and produce documents findings for input and into a forensic report
• Analyze and assess risk to client’s information technology systems and enterprise environment
• Take ownership of projects and deliverables
• Individually lead client engagements throughout the delivery cycle
• Participate in technical reviews including; the evaluation of Windows and Linux systems, database configurations, application auditing, network device
• Conduct research and analysis through the use of in-hours as well as external resources
• Produce accurate, high quality client reports
  

Requirements:

• Self-motivated and able to demonstrate a passion for this type of work. This will include evidence of research, knowledge of a diverse array of tool-sets, community participation and self-learning beyond commercial training
• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline preferred
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience with digital forensics with a focus on external threat incident response and network forensics
• Forensics related certifications such as GNFA, GCFA, GCFE, GCIH, CFCE, EnCE, X-PERT
• Experience with acquiring or collecting computer artifacts, including malware, user activity, and link files from various systems
• Experience with assessing evidentiary value by triaging electronic devices, correlating forensic findings with network events to further develop an intrusion narrative
• Experience with collecting and documenting system state information, including running processes and network connections prior to imaging
• Experience with performing incident triage from a forensic perspective, including determining of scope, urgency, and potential impact
• Experience with tracking and documenting forensic analysis from initial involvement through final resolution
• Must be able to assist clients in responding rapidly and effectively to computer-related incidents and should consistently exceed expectations while working in a client-facing environment
• Have the capability to quickly identify the source of a security breach and move toward containment is essential
• Have proficiency in conducting live analysis on networks and across multiple platforms is desired. Must possess the ability to articulate well in both written and oral communications
• Must also be able to manage multiple projects on a daily basis
• Willingness to travel up to 75%
  

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