Security News > 2021 > August > Behind the scenes: A day in the life of a cybersecurity "threat hunter"

Here's how one security operations analyst, an expert at incident reporting, began her career, collaborates with her colleagues and prioritizes incoming threats.

Cha attended the National University of Singapore and studied computer science with a focus in cybersecurity, where she learned "The theory behind all of the things we take for granted." She first got a security job in a consulting firm, where she worked in identity and access management, then she worked at a bank, as a security operations center analyst before landing her current job, as a "Threat hunter" at ExpressVPN. SEE: Security incident response policy.

"If I'm contributing to the security of that, something I look for as a consumer as well, and as an employee, I'm contributing to something that I believe in."

Her role at ExpressVPN involves triaging and investigating potential security events.

On a high level, Cha works on improving security controls, "Looking at what controls, what security detections that we have currently, and thinking of how we get better," she said, which can include reviewing existing rules, building new rules, or implementing new security features.

Cha participates in this, herself, by giving internal presentations to make sure that employees continue to keep a "Security mindset."

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