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Lead, Cyber Defense & Response - Insider Risk

at Prudential Financial

📍 Newark, NJ, USA Unknown 💰 $123K – $204K USD / year Posted March 29, 2026
Salary $123K – $204K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience lead
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Psychology, Behavioral Science, Computer Science, or related field
Category Cybersecurity

Lead Insider Risk activities within Prudential's Cyber Defense & Response program. Manage investigations, risk insights, and remediation actions by leveraging forensics, behavioral analytics, and SIEM capabilities.

  • Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to handle insider risk cases
  • Independently lead end-to-end triage and investigations
  • Ensure evidence handling and chain-of-custody
  • Lead analysis of insider risk incidents to determine indicators and root causes
  • Translate findings into executive risk insights

Focus on insider risk detection, digital forensics, and behavioral analytics; familiarity with SIEMs and forensic tools; regulatory/privacy considerations for employee monitoring.

The ideal candidate is an insider risk lead with strong digital forensics and behavioral analytics experience, capable of cross-functional collaboration with HR, Legal, and Compliance. They possess regulatory/privacy knowledge and are adept at translating investigations into actionable risk insights.

Bachelor's degree in Information SecurityPsychologyBehavioral ScienceComputer Scienceor related fieldDeep curiosity to understand insider threat risksdriversand typologiesExperience in user activity monitoringdigital forensicsand behavioral analyticsStrong analyticalproblem-solvingcommunicationand collaboration skillsFamiliarity with regulatory and privacy requirements related to employee monitoring and insider risk programsExperience with insider risk detection and response strategiesKnowledge of data integration toolsSIEM platformsand forensic analysis software
OSCPGPENGWAPTCASP+GCSAGCFAGCIHCloud certifications (AWSAzureGCP)
SIEM platformsforensic analysis softwaredata integration toolsthreat intelligence platforms
Bachelor's degree in Information SecurityPsychologyBehavioral ScienceComputer Scienceor related field; insider risk detectiondigital forensicsbehavioral analyticsSIEM platformsforensic analysis softwaredata integration toolsthreat intelligenceregulatory privacy knowledge
digital forensicsbehavioral analyticsSIEM platformsforensic analysis softwaredata integration toolsevidence handlingchain-of-custodythreat intelligenceincident investigationspolicy improvements
AnalyticalCommunicationCollaborationLeadershipProblem-solving

Required

GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)GIAC Cloud Forensics Responder (GCFR)Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)SANS GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence (GCTI)Certified Insider Threat Program Manager (CITPM)

Preferred

OSCPGPENGWAPTCASP+GCSAGCIH
Industry Financial Services / Insurance
Job Function Lead insider risk investigations and analytics to mitigate internal threats in a financial services institution
Role Subtype Insider Risk Lead
Tech Domains Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Azure, Amazon Web Services, Python, SQL / PostgreSQL, PowerShell, Bash
insider riskinsider threatleadnewark njsecurity investigationsdigital forensicsbehavioral analyticssiemforensic analysis softwareevidence handlingchain of custodypolicy improvementsthreat intelligenceincident responsedata integration toolsregulatory privacyemployee monitoringsqlpythongcihcis spcitpmgctigcfagcfrSIEM platformsinvestigations

Bachelor's degree required, Experience in insider risk or digital forensics, Experience with SIEM platforms

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