Skill description
Conducting applied research to discover, evaluate and mitigate new or unknown security vulnerabilities and weaknesses.
Guidance notes
A security vulnerability is a weakness, flaw or error found within a security system that has the potential to be leveraged by an external agent to compromise a secure system.
Activities may include, but are not limited to:
- researching new threats, attack vectors, risks and potential solutions.
- researching new or emerging cryptographic vulnerabilities .
- reverse engineering hardware or software .
- applying tools such as disassemblers, debuggers and fuzzers .
- analysing embedded devices.
- developing techniques and tools to analyse and expose vulnerabilities.
- designing new vulnerability discovery techniques.
- sharing mitigation techniques with relevant stakeholders.
Level 2Assist
Assists with vulnerability research tasks under routine supervision.
Helps document and report findings from vulnerability research activities.
Level 3Apply
Applies standard techniques and tools for vulnerability research.
Uses available resources to update knowledge of relevant specialism.
Participates in research communities.
Analyses and reports on activities and results.
Level 4Enable
Designs and executes complex vulnerability research activities.
Specifies requirements for environment, data, resources and tools to perform assessments.
Reviews test results and modifies tests if necessary.
Creates reports to communicate methodology, findings and conclusions.
Advises on deception methods by exploiting identified patterns.
Makes an active contribution to research communities.
Level 5Ensure, advise
Plans and manages vulnerability research activities.
Maintains a strong external network for vulnerability research.
Gathers information on new and emerging threats and vulnerabilities.
Assesses and documents the impacts and threats to the organisation.
Creates reports and shares knowledge and insights with stakeholders.
Provides expert advice and guidance to support the adoption of tools and techniques for vulnerability research.
Contributes to the development of organisational policies, standards and guidelines for vulnerability research and assessment.
Level 6Initiate, influence
Plans and leads the organisation's approach to vulnerability research.
Identifies new and emerging threats and vulnerabilities.
Maintains a strong external network.
Takes a leading part in external-facing professional activities to facilitate information gathering and set the scope of research work.
Engages with and influences relevant stakeholders to communicate results of research and the required response.
Develops organisational policies and guidelines for monitoring emerging threats and vulnerabilities.
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