The Global Information Security organization (GIS) at Bank of America protects bank information systems, confidential and proprietary data, and customer information. The Cyber Threat Evaluation and Prevention Team (CTEP) assesses threats and emerging risks, evaluates cyber security controls, and defines observations to remediate risks.

The Cyber Threat Evaluation and Prevention Program:
• Analyzes threats and incidents to the bank.
• Identifies gaps to be remediated by process and control owners.
• Evaluates and influences the improvement of Bank of America's risk and control environment for cyber security threats and emerging risks.

Within CTEP, the Evaluation team:
• Analyzes threats and incidents sourced from GIS partner teams to identify and triage process and control weaknesses in context of risks arising from the threat.
• Documents defensive posture, process and control weaknesses, and overall risk of each threat.
• Reviews threats/incidents holistically to identify broad themes and strategic issues, enabling GIS to protect against cyber threats effectively and proactively.

Required Skills
The Evaluation Analyst plays an essential role in the Cyber Threat Defense Framework. The CTEP Evaluation Analyst conducts evaluations of threats and incidents and identifies opportunities for process and control enhancements. They support the organization in making decisions and taking action to improve how we defend the bank using threat led operations, in collaboration with other GIS control functions. The analyst conducts evaluations by engaging with subject matter experts and control owners, conducting independent research using various applications and tools and comprehensively documenting details on the threats and the banks defensive posture in the system of record. The analyst is also responsible for completing a Quality Assurance (QA) review to ensure all threats are comprehensive, complete, and accurate.
Analyses include reviews of:
• Threats identified from internal and external intelligence sources.
• Cyber incidents and events managed at the Bank (e.g., Third-party incidents).
• Threat-based assessments conducted by GIS teams (e.g., Red Team).

Desired Skills
• Strong technical writing capabilities; writing technical content in a broadly consumable format.
• Functional knowledge of information security, IT infrastructure, and risk management.
• Ability to prioritize and manage time effectively and work independently with minimal direction.
• Knowledge of Cyber Industry Frameworks like MITRE/NIST.
• Strategic thinking AND attention to detail - ability to think "like a threat actor."
• Proficient computer/analytics skills - esp. Jira, Excel, Word, Power Point, Alteryx, etc.
• (Optional) Experience with cyber threat intelligence collection, analysis, and reporting.
• (Optional) Experience responding to and managing security incidents and events.
• (Optional) Experience creating, executing, and documenting assessments and exercises in JIRA.
• General understanding of bank policies, specific to data and privacy, third parties, incident management, vulnerability management, etc.

Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:
40