Cybersecurity Incident Response Analyst

Security Analyst

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the leading entertainment and sports agency, with global expertise in filmed and live entertainment, digital media, publishing, sponsorship sales and endorsements, media finance, consumer investing, fashion, brand management and consumer product licensing, and philanthropy. Distinguished by its culture of collaboration and exceptional client service, CAA's diverse workforce identifies, innovates, and amplifies opportunities for the people and organizations that shape culture and inspire the world. The trailblazer of the agency business, CAA was the first to build a sports business, create an investment bank, launch a venture fund, found technology start-up companies, establish a philanthropic arm, build a business in China, form a brand marketing services division, and launch a family office advisory practice, among other innovations. Named Most Valuable Sports Agency by Forbes for nine consecutive years, CAA represents more than 3,000 of the world's top athletes in football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and soccer, in addition to coaches, on-air broadcasters, and sports personalities and works in the areas of property sales and sponsorships, media advisory, brand consulting, venue development and strategic advisory, and executive search. Founded in 1975, CAA is headquartered in Los Angeles, and has offices in New York, London, Nashville, Shanghai, Beijing, Chicago, Washington D.C., Singapore, Toronto, Denver, Charlotte, Jacksonville, and Atlanta, among other locations globally.

This is a hands-on security position working within the Information Security group and with the internal IT department at large. This position's core focus is to ensure consistent, measurable end to end triage and closure of security related events. The successful candidate will work to assess, develop, and deploy detection capabilities ensuring enterprise systems and data are protected.

We are looking for candidates who have a passion for Cyber Security, Threat Detection, Threat Hunting, and Incident Response. You will be a key part of our efforts to build and support a defensible environment where we are able to detect, contain and respond quickly to threats and compromise in ways that serve to enable the business needs a highly collaborative organization. The environment is fast-paced and commonly on the leading edge of technology, including early adoption of various cloud services along with the challenges of integrating those services into our security practice.

Responsibilities

• Conduct day-to-day Incident Response activities as well as additional SOC related detection and response activities as required for a global environment
• Design, engineer, and implement runbooks and playbooks for Incident Response
• Coordinate with both technical and business stakeholders during the incident response process.
• Perform host based, cloud based, network based, memory, or log analysis and/or forensics in support of Incident Response investigations.
• Play an active role in CAA's Security Incident Response efforts, working to identify and mitigate information security threats
• Review security information, event logs, and reports, provide findings and recommendations
• Use input from IRM leadership and key security metrics to ensure technical security controls are meeting desired objectives; implement a process of continual review and improvement to ensure the measurable effectiveness of CAA's technical controls
• Other projects or duties as assigned, including periodic on-call

Required Capabilities

• A minimum of 3 years in Information Technology, ideally with 2 years' experience in a hands-on Incident Response, Threat Hunting, or forensics role
• A bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field of work
• Strong technical background with experience in at least two of the following
• Windows disk and memory forensics
• Network traffic analysis (netflow,pcap)
• Log Analysis
• Unix or Linux disk and memory forensics
• Malware analysis – both static and dynamic
• A strong understanding of the fundamental operations of servers, operating systems, networks, firewalls, cloud applications, and infrastructure
• Expertise building workflows and playbooks to facilitate the Incident Response process
• An understanding of the NIST framework and using a continuous improvement loop
• Has built and managed frameworks to test and validate the effective operation of security controls; measuring the ability to respond to threats and attacks at the earliest point in the kill chain.

Location This position will be based in our LA office.

Compensation The annual base salary for this position is in the range of $102,000 - $123,000 in Los Angeles. This position is also eligible for benefits and a discretionary bonus. Ultimately, the salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in the role, business sector, and geographic location, among other criteria. Please talk with a CAA Recruiter to learn more.