Malware Analyst

Description

Malware analysts are responsible for analysing and reverse engineering malware samples. They look at how these malicious programs work, what they do when they infect a system, and how they can be detected or prevented in the future.

Qualifications

• Analysing malware samples to identify their purpose and origin
• Researching new types of malware to help create detection methods for new threat
• Conducting forensic analysis on computers to recover data from damaged hard drives

Certifications

• OffSec - Offensive Security
• CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional

Competences

• Knowledge of operating systems and networking
• Programming skills
• Understanding of security principles
• Ability to identify, contain, disassemble, and mitigate zero-day malware
• Ability to work with high-level programming language

Tasks

• Creates documentation for security policies
• Responds to incident reports
• Recommends and carries out procedures designed to help systems recover from inflicted damage
• Responsible for preventing the spread of malware
• Classifies malware based on threats and characteristics