The Times Group - Security Specialist

Description & Responsibilities And Governance Standards

• Ensure adherence to GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and other standards.
• Maintain audit trails with AWS CloudTrail and Bitbucket Activity Logs.

Assessments

Vulnerability Assessment, Penetration Testing (VAPT), and Hardening :

• Perform regular vulnerability assessments on AWS resources using tools like AWS Inspector, Nessus, or Qualys.
• Service Hardening : Apply AWS best practices to secure services like EC2, RDS, and S3.
• Encryption : Implement encryption in transit and at rest using AWS KMS and SSL/TLS.

Infrastructure Security

Cloud Security :

• Use AWS services (Security Hub, GuardDuty, CloudTrail) and GCP tools (Security Command Center, IAM) to harden cloud environments.
• Automate infrastructure deployment with Terraform or AWS CloudFormation, ensuring security best practices.
• Scan IaC using Checkov, Terrascan, or AWS Config Rules.

Application Security

SAST and DAST :

• Perform SAST during development to identify vulnerabilities early.
• Conduct DAST in staging or production using tools like Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, or AppScan.

Android Security

• Test Android apps using tools like MobSF, QARK, or Drozer.
• Ensure compliance with OWASP MSTG standards.

Ethical Hacking And Ransomware Testing

• Ransomware Simulation : Simulate ransomware attacks to test recovery capabilities and data resiliency.
• Ethical Hacking : Perform ethical hacking exercises to assess system vulnerabilities and identify potential breaches

Threat Analysis & Threat Modeling

• Conduct regular threat analysis to evaluate potential risks to cloud infrastructure and applications.
• Create and maintain threat models for applications, services, and infrastructure to identify attack vectors and mitigation strategies.
• Use tools like Microsoft Threat Modeling Tool, OWASP Threat Dragon, or custom modeling techniques to identify and prioritize risks.

Code Scanning

• Use Bitbucket Code Insights for integrated security scan results in PRs.
• Monitor repositories for exposed credentials or sensitive data.
• Automate IaC scanning with tools like Checkov.

CI/CD And Code Security

Secure Pipelines :

• Integrate Bitbucket Pipelines with AWS services for secure deployments.
• Automate security checks at each pipeline stage :
• SAST (Static Application Security Testing) : Use tools like SonarQube.
• DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing) : Use tools like OWASP ZAP or Burp Suite.
• Dependency scanning using tools like OWASP Dependency-Check.
• Container security scanning for Docker images.

API Security

• Secure APIs with OAuth2, JWT tokens, and mutual TLS.
• Implement rate-limiting and throttling to prevent abuse.
• Integrate APIs with AWS Cognito or other identity providers for authentica

Monitoring

Monitoring and Incident Response :

• Use AWS CloudWatch, GuardDuty, and Bitbucket monitoring features.
• Configure proactive alerts using PagerDuty or Slack for Bitbucket Pipelines.

Incident Response

• Automate incident response workflows using AWS Systems Manager or AWS Lambda.
• Conduct regular incident response drills.

AWS IAM (Identity And Access Management)

• Policy Design : Create and enforce least privilege access policies.
• Audits : Conduct regular audits of IAM roles, groups, and policies to ensure compliance and security.
• Federated Identity : Configure and manage federated identity with external IdPs (e.g., Okta, Azure AD).

Version Control Security

• Manage repository access using roles (Admin, Developer, Read-Only).
• Enforce branch protection rules for PR reviews.
• Secure sensitive data using Bitbucket Pipelines environment variables.

CI/CD Pipeline Integration

• Integrate Bitbucket Pipelines with security tools like SonarQube or Checkmarx.
• Automate dependency vulnerability checks.
• Use pre-commit hooks for code quality and security validation.

Expertise And Qualifications

Key Tools and Technologies :

• Compliance and Governance
• GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS / AWS CloudTrail and Bitbucket Activity Logs
• Vulnerability Assessment, Penetration Testing (VAPT), and Hardening
• VAPT
• Infrastructure Security
• AWS services
• Application Security
• SAST / DAST
• Ethical Hacking and Ransomware Testing
• Ransomware attacks / system vulnerabilities
• Threat Analysis & Threat Modeling applications, services, and infrastructure
• Code Scanning
• SonarQube
• Checkmarx, OWASP ZAP
• Source Control
• Bitbucket, Git
• CI/CD
• Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD
• Cloud Security
• AWS Security Hub
• GuardDuty, GCP Security
• API Management
• WSO2 API Manager
• AWS API Gateway

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