Analyst Application Security

cybersecurity Security Analysis and Design

QP Code SSC/Q0903 NSQF Level 5

Brief Job Description

Individuals at this job are responsible for vulnerability assessment for applications, performing source code review, testing the source code, suggesting remediation actions, perform hardening and monitor organizations traffic and logs for threats.

Personal Attributes

This job may require the individual to work independently and take decisions for his/her own area of work. The individual should be result oriented and have a high attention for detail. The individual should also be able to demonstrate communication skills, logical thinking along with willingness to undertake desk-based job with long hours.

Role Map

Technology Cybersecurity

Job Category Security Analysis and Design

Job Track App Security

Roles

Analyst Application Security

NSQF Level: 7

Technical Competencies

Key job task/function that an individual has to perform as a part of the job. These are also known as National Occupational Standards (NOS).

7 7 Compulsory

Identify exposures and weaknesses in applications and their deployments

This unit is about performing application vulnerability assessment.

Compulsory NOS Code SSC/N0909 NSQF Level 5

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Harden application and deployment configurations for minimizing exposure and vulnerabilities

This unit is about performing hardening activities such as secure configurations, removing unauthorized applications and updating authorized patches, etc. in order to minimize exposure and vulnerabilities.

Compulsory NOS Code SSC/N0910 NSQF Level 5

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Monitor applications and solutions deployed their security for possible breaches and compromises

This unit is about monitoring the events in application consoles and raising incidents based on the 1st level analysis and following up to ensure response within agreed timelines

Compulsory NOS Code SSC/N0911 NSQF Level 5

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Manage your work to meet requirements

This unit is about planning and organizing your work in order to complete it to the required standards on time.

Compulsory NOS Code SSC/N9001 NSQF Level 4

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Work effectively with colleagues

This unit is about working effectively with colleagues, either in your own work group or in other work groups within your organization.

Compulsory NOS Code SSC/N9002 NSQF Level 4

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Provide information in standard formats

This unit is about providing specified data/information related to your work in templates or other standard formats.

Compulsory NOS Code SSC/N9004 NSQF Level 4

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Maintain an inclusive, environmentally sustainable workplace

The unit is about implementing and improving diversity equality and inclusion in a sustainable and environment friendly workplace

Compulsory NOS Code SSC/N9014 NSQF Level 5

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Supplementary Topics

Advanced topics that will help you excel in this role

Cryptography Data Privacy Safeguards Cloud Workload Protection SaaS and API Security

Popular Tools Used by Analyst Application Security

Open Source Scanning & Monitoring tools SQL map Nessus Nmap Metasploit Prometheus Nagios Icinga

Open Source Code Scanning tools Gosec Agnitio Checkmarx Fortify Statis Code Analyser

Penetration Testing tools Netsparker Wireshark SqlMap Netsparker Burp Suite Nessus Canvas

Firewall Management tools Redseal Tufin AlgoSec

Patch Management software Solar Winds Patch Manager ManageEnginer

SIEM tools Apache Metron Alien Vault Snort

Log analysis tools Nagios ELK Stack Graylog

Programming and Scripting Tools Java JavaScript Perl Ruby Python PHP