Incident Response Specialist

**About the tribe/ Blackpanda:
Blackpanda is Asia’s premier cyber security incident response group, hyper-focused on

digital forensics and cyber crisis response. Our team consists of an elite cadre of risk and

security experts from various specializations military special forces, intelligence, forensics,and law enforcement. We are also a fully distributed team across the globe and ready to help manage crises. Join our fully remote team and make the internet a safer place

**About the Role:
The role will principally involve building, developing and overseeing the Cybersecurity Incident Response ("IR") capability for Blackpanda Pte Limited ("Blackpanda"). The mission will involve maintaining deep, up-to-the-minute knowledge of latest developments in the global cybersecurity threat environment, and taking action upon activation to remediate cybersecurity attacks on our insurance-brokered cybersecurity insurance policy-holders’ business processes, data, infrastructure, and stakeholders.

This is an equity awarding position in combination with competitive salary, as Blackpanda only wants long-term stakeholding partners to join its elite tribe.

**Primary Responsibilities
- Establish Blackpanda’s cybersecurity incident response capability initially in Singapore, but eventually across the Blackpanda business footprint.
- Lead and/or act as the primary technical expert in cybersecurity incident response investigations.
- Stay current with the latest cybersecurity threat landscape and how developments in the threat actors could bring harm to policyholders.
- For clients/policyholders, actively recommend and execute cybersecurity hygiene and other actions to evade, build immunity and preempt cyber attacks.
- Identify and validate breached and compromised systems and take action to stop attacks from spreading across the client infrastructures.
- Conduct forensic investigations to identify and document data, resources, processes, and people compromised via cybersecurity incidents and recommend actions to repair, restore, cleanse, or compensate affected assets, persons, or organizations.

**Secondary Responsibilities
- Build a personal reputation within Blackpanda and its partners as a highly credible, trusted expert whose advice and counsel should be heeded and acted upon with thoroughness and urgency.
- Develop the capability to produce (i) a regular cybersecurity threat and incident review; (ii) a periodic threat intelligence digest, that can be understood by non-technical persons and/or legal and compliance managers with mínimal editing and up-leveling.
- Assist clients in preparing contingency plans and checklists designed to expedite diagnosis and effective response to cybersecurity incidents and compromises.
- Evaluate, advise and make recommendations for acquisition of IT and cybersecurity products and services.
- Reasonably maintain 24x7 personal availability to respond to cybersecurity incidents and emergencies.

**Skills
- Expert knowledge of tools and techniques used to conduct disk forensics, network forensics, log analysis and malware triage in support of incident response examinations.
- Recognize the tactics, technique and procedures (TTP) of threat actors and be able to develop scripts and create tools for quick identification of threat agents in a compromised network.
- Ability to quickly develop intimate knowledge of physical computing assets, software, and third party (i.e. “IaaS, PaaS and SaaS”) services deployed and consumed at client premises and their potential points of compromise and failure.
- Front line experience working with teams and programs in organizations of scale and business focus similar to Blackpanda.
- Ability to help with scoping prospective engagements, leading a complete incident lifecycle (i.e. Preparation, Detection & Analysis, Containment Eradication & Recovery, Post-Incident Activity) for all levels of Blackpanda’s clients.
- Ability to communicate highly technical, actionable information and develop reports to audiences ranging from technically astute peers to non-technical business managers, legal counsel and leaders (including C-Suite level persons).
- Maintains social, ethical, professional and organizational standards and values, always honors commitments.

**Qualifications/Requirements
- At least eight (8) years of experience in front line cybersecurity roles.
- Cantonese/Mandarin business fluency is a strong plus.
- Current holder of CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) and/or GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification, such as GCIH or GCFA) - or equivalent. Additional cybersecurity-related certifications are advantageous.
- Familiarity with legal and/or compliance requirements related to cybersecurity incident response and reporting.

**Benefits:
- Work-life balance - no scheduled internal meetings on Fridays, unless absolutely necessary.
- You will enjoy learning and development allowance each calendar year.
- Enrollment