Start your career in cyber security and help protect digital systems. Our client, an innovative and fast-growing organisation, is seeking a motivated Cyber Security Assistant to join their information security team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about technology and security to gain hands-on experience while learning how organisations defend their systems, networks, and data from cyber threats....
Elite Hiring Solution
Farringdon, Greater London
Information Security Manager
Information Security Manager £70,000 - £80,000 PA London - hybrid working A well-established construction engineering business is seeking an experienced Information Security Manager to join them on a permanent basis. You'll be joining at a key time as the organisation expands its technical capability, with ambitious growth plans and multiple mergers and acquisitions planned. The Information Security Manager will own...
Context Recruitment
London
Penetration Tester - Nato Cleared
Cyber Security Consultant – Penetration Testing Location: Mons, Belgium Contract Role We’re seeking an experienced NATO cleared Cyber Security Consultant to support penetration testing and security assurance activities within a multinational defence environment. Key Responsibilities Contribute to Red/Blue Team exercises. Perform penetration testing across web, infrastructure, and enterprise systems. Review technical designs for security compliance. Provide security guidance to technical...
Opus Recruitment Solutions
Mons
Information Security Consultant
Job Title:Information Security Consultant Location: Camberley/Remote Salary: Competitive Type: Permanent Sector: Products & Proposition Job Description North is looking to appoint a customer facing Information Security Consultant. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the cyber & info security integrity of North’s customer deployments and for working with North’s major customers to assess and, where required, improve the cyber-security...
North-PB
Camberley
CYBER SECURITY ASSURANCE MANAGER
Bristol We are looking for a Cyber Security Assurance Manager to play a vital role within MBDA. Working on behalf of the UK CISO and DCISO, a leader and Cyber Security expert in networking and operations, you will play a pivotal role in leading cyber security engagements and providing coordination support for the delivery of cyber programmes, ensuring alignment with...
MBDA UK
Filton
Cyber Security Engineer
Cyber Security Engineer (DV Cleared) Certain Advantage are recruiting on behalf of our prestigious client for a Cyber Security Engineer for initially 6 months. Due to the highly sensitive nature of the work you will be required to hold DV clearance and work the 37 hours per week fully onsite in Newport, South Wales. The hourly rate on offer is...
Cyber security is one of the UK's fastest-growing career paths — and SOC analyst is where most people begin. It's in high demand, genuinely accessible, and you don't need a degree or years of experience to get started.
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If you are trying to build or move forward in a cyber security career, it can feel like the list of tools you are expected to know never ends. One job advert asks for SIEM platforms, another mentions penetration testing tools, another lists cloud security, threat intelligence platforms, endpoint detection, scripting languages and compliance frameworks.
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