Security analysts take on the responsibilities of ensuring the security of a company’s cyber assets from both outside and inside threats. To be able to do that, they are required to carry out an all-around set of objectives that usually includes: devising both online and physical security programs, analyzing security data and metrics to identify security threats and their likelihood to occur, and taking the right measures when/if a breach happens.
Security analysts are also responsible of keeping executive management and/or information technology departments informed about the organization’s risk level by generating both technical and non-technical assessment reports. These reports can uncover critical vulnerabilities and serve as a blueprint for prioritizing and tackling them based on their exploitability and impact. Analysts can also evaluate the accuracy and efficacy of security policies which will help the organization meet compliance with security standards and regulations.
Furthermore, one of the most important duties of security analysts is to keep security controls up to date by updating and patching software, creating the necessary documentation and renewing existing ones when necessary, and crafting operational frameworks for disaster recovery processes and breach incident response. A quick job search on indeed.com will add these specific responsibilities to the list:
- Digital forensic investigation of suspected security breaches and minor events
- Performing vulnerability and risk assessments along with internal and external penetration tests
- Carrying out application security patching procedures
- Collaborating with third party vendors in security assessment projects
- Updating documentation and breach response/disaster recovery operational frameworks
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