DeWinter Places Cyber Risk Analyst at Major Computing Platform Company

The Challenge

• Our client, a major computing platform company in the Bay Area, needed additional support and expertise to help drive and mature their cyber risk program. 

• DeWinter Group had partnered with their Cyber Security team for a few years, finding the right talent to grow their small team.

• Cyber Security expertise is in extremely high demand so finding an experienced resource in this labor market can be a challenge. 

The Solution

• Our team consulted with the client’s Chief Information Security Officer and Head of Cyber Risk Team to define their needs.

• We started our search and identified a highly qualified consultant to support their team in this specialized role. Our candidate had an extremely high level of professionalism, excellent communication, and technical expertise, including experience in both offensive and defensive practice areas to help define and operationalize new capabilities. 

• Our client interviewed only 4 candidates for the position and selected our consultant, who helped to establish and lead the Cyber Risk Program within the corporate Information Security organization. He helped with investigations, insider threat, threat intelligence, threat hunting, and coordinating purple team exercises to continuously improve the client’s security program.

• Bringing a backgroud as Security Engineer, our Cyber Risk Analyst consultant was hands-on and a leader, driving innovation and partnership across security and non-security teams. Using his expertise and research experience, he found opportunities for improvement and for upskilling the technical defenses of the client’s environment through internal activities, public industry engagements, and R&D. 

• Our consultant was so successful, the client converted him to a full-time employee.