ABSA Cybersecurity Internships 2024 / 2025
Deadline: 16 October 2024
Location: Randburg, South Africa
ABSA Cybersecurity Internships
ABSA is currently accepting applications for Cybersecurity Internship programme.
Summary: To provide specialist advice & support in the development & implementation of IT security service delivery processes, methods and techniques enabling secure management & control of IT access, in alignment with governance requirements.
You will be a member of the Cybersecurity Operations team with primary responsibility for responding to security events, acting as part of a 24×7 team in relation to identified events for the relevant technical support groups, businesses at risk and Service Recovery teams both internally and externally.
Your responsibility includes the identification, management and mitigation of security events as detected by monitoring, internal and external intelligence, vulnerability assessment and internal problem management tools and procedures.
What you’ll get to do:
The role is within the Chief Security Office and your responsibilities will include the following:
- Works as part of a multidisciplinary global & regional team in the delivery of information security and privacy response services to the global retail and commercial enterprise
- Responsible for the management of incidents, including notification, escalation response and post incident review
- Contributes to the execution of triage controls to detect and prevent attackers from infiltrating company information or jeopardising e-commerce programs
- Escalates as per defined incident response guidelines regarding the negative impact on the business caused by theft, destruction, alteration or denial of access to information
- Delivers recommendations and actions to improve the detection, escalation, containment and resolution of data security incidents
- Incident management on the Bank’s incident management platform
- Investigates using the organisation’s stack of technology tools
- Improves and challenges existing processes and procedures in a very agile and fast moving environment
- Communicates and coordinates with other cybersecurity teams, internal business units and upper management
- Identify new threats and trends
- Improve detection of threats
- Prepare technical reports
- Stays current with global developments in the industry through research, periodicals,
- seminars, training, vendor site visits, and memberships
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What do you need to get in?
- Grade 12 (NQF level 4)
- Must have completed 3 year Cyber Academy Qualification
- Technology savvy
- Stakeholder management
- Analytical skills
- Mechanical aptitude
Education
- Higher Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required)
Application
To apply, visit ABSA recruitment portal.
If you’re passionate about working in a fast-paced environment and contributing to the exciting world of Security by leading from the front, we would love to hear from you!
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