Industrial placement in cyber security with CFC Response

You'll work in our London office and be fully integrated into life as a full time employee. You will gain exposure to different specialist teams within CFC Response:

• The DFIR team are set-up to investigate the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of an incident, assisting the client in understanding the scope of compromise and potential impact.
• The CTA team’s primary responsibility is to reduce cyber risk for our policyholders, by first detecting and then helping remediate known vulnerabilities.
• The IM team triage the incident to understand the big picture, enabling and co-ordinating all of the resources required to support the incident to final closure.
• The MDR team conduct monitoring, detection, threat hunting and initial response for clients both proactively and during a cyber incident.

Along the way you'll develop your technical skills and experience, learning from our high-performance teams who are experts in their field and tackle cyber threats day-in-day-out. You'll also receive an introduction to the insurance industry, develop your stakeholder management skills and be exposed to some of the latest and greatest technology and techniques. We pride ourselves on our friendly and supportive culture and you will get to experience a collaborative and innovative environment first-hand.

You won’t get bored, there’s lots to learn, and we’ll have a little fun along the way, too.

The 2024 program will run from July 2024 - July 2025. 

Yes! You will be paid an annual salary and get staff benefits. 

Cyber security or computer science students looking for an industrial placement:

• Want to explore different areas of cyber security
• Are interested in professional or managed services
• Are in year two of an appropriate sandwich year degree course
• Eligible to work in the UK

Key traits:

• Innovative and creative mindsets
• Willing to deliver results and achieve goals
• Act with integrity
• Attention to detail
• Desire for continual improvement
• Great in a team
• Self-motivated

Please complete the application form with your CV and a blurb about yourself. You will then receive a link to undertake an online technical assessment to assess your current knowledge, reasoning, and skills. 

Once applications have closed and we have reviewed all the assessments, you will be notified of next steps. Successful applicants from the first stage will then be asked to submit a brief video to introduce themselves and tell us why they have chosen to apply for this opportunity.

Applications for 2024 cohort are now closed.

Applications close January 3, 2024.

If successful with your initial application, we will also be running an in-person assessment day in our London HQ in March 2024.