Analyst Security Operations Centre

cybersecurity Security Operations and Testing

QP Code SSC/Q0909 NSQF Level 5

Brief Job Description

Individuals at this job are responsible for monitoring and analyzing organizational traffic and logs for threats and for enhancements to existing security measures.

Personal Attributes

This job may require the individual to work in a team/shifts. The individual should be result oriented and have a high attention for detail. The individual should also be able to demonstrate good communication skills and logical thinking with willingness to work in shifts.

Role Map

Technology Cybersecurity

Job Category Security Operations and Testing

Job Track Security Operations

Roles

Analyst Security Operations Centre

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).

6 6 Compulsory

Monitor and log events and alarms of possible security threats

This unit is about monitoring organizations traffic and logs for threats 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/N0906 NSQF Level 5

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Investigate and respond to events and alarms that could be security threats

This unit is about responding to alarms, using information collected from a variety of sources to identify, analyze, and report events that occur or might occur within the network and provide recommendations in order to protect information, information systems, and networks from threats.

Compulsory NOS Code SSC/N0907 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

Security Process Automation User Behavior Analytics Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) DevSecOps Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR)

Popular Tools Used by Analyst Security Operations Centre

SIEM tools Apache Metron Alien Vault Snort

Vulnerability Assessment Burp Suite Nikto Paros Proxy Nmap Nessus Professional Nexpose

Intrusion Detection Snort OSSEC OpenWIPS-NG Samhain

Threat Intelligence LogRhythm Crowdstrike

Log Analysis tools Nagios ELK Stack Graylog

Traffic Analysis tools Wireshark Nagios Core NetXMS

OpenNMS, Simple Event Correlator OpenNMS Simple Event Correlator

Malware Analysis tools OllyDbg Volatility

Programming languages Python Java Ruby Perl PHP C++