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AI cyber threat analyst

Conducts investigations on computer-based crimes and analyses digital evidence to support system and network vulnerability mitigation.

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Cyber threat analyst · What it does

Three tasks it takes off your hands

  1. Duplicating digital evidence for data recovery and analysis procedures.
  2. Preserving and maintaining digital forensic evidence for analysis.
  3. Creating system images or capturing network settings as evidence.
Where these come from

The tasks of “Digital Forensics Analysts” (O*NET 15-1299.06), as O*NET lists them:

  • Duplicate digital evidence to use for data recovery and analysis procedures.
  • Preserve and maintain digital forensic evidence for analysis.
  • Create system images or capture network settings from information technology environments to preserve as evidence.

Cyber threat analyst · Tools and industries

It works in the tools you already use

  • Amazon Web Services AWS software
  • Linux
  • Microsoft PowerShell
  • Python
  • Splunk Enterprise
  • Structured query language SQL

Industries it fits

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Role facts from O*NET 31.0 Database (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), CC BY 4.0) and ANZSCO 2022 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, CC BY 4.0), written in our words. Sources and credits