Risk Services - Cybersecurity Testing Internship (Jan - Jun 27)

About Risk Services

Our Risk Services Practice provides an invaluable safeguard in today’s complex operating environment with insights and independent assurance. We work with clients to deliver business control to help them to protect and strengthen every aspect of their business from people to performance, systems to strategy, business plans to business resilience. We help clients manage, mitigate and control risks from potential cybersecurity breaches to possible breaks in the supply chain. We assess and prepare businesses by looking into their technology, finance, data analytics, regulatory requirements, data security and privacy, internal audit, and the third parties our clients rely on, to help clients deliver quality results and meet their strategic objectives.

Key responsibilities

As an Intern, you’ll be exposed to a diverse scope of work, namely:

• Penetration Testing – you'll learn to identify and exploit vulnerabilities, helping clients secure their assets and protect sensitive data, all while gaining hands-on experience and growing professionally.

• Red Teaming – Simulate adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures to test organizational defenses, focusing on achieving specific objectives, conducting covert operations, and maintaining long-term access to compromised systems.

• Cybersecurity Assessment – Assess clients’ security posture through the performance of host configuration review against industry benchmarks, source code reviews, architecture review and cybersecurity risk assessment.

What we are looking for

• Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Information Technology students from reputable local and overseas universities / polytechnic

• Strong fundamental knowledge of information technology and cyber security

• Knowledge of security testing tools (e.g. Kali Linux, Covenant, Metasploit, nmap, burp suite etc.)

• Are keen to develop themselves in the profession.

• Are highly motivated, enthusiastic, confident, and creative.

• Critical thinking & problem solving.

• Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills.

• Committed to teamwork and excellence.

• Knowledge of scripting programming languages (e.g. bash, python )

• Penetration testing specific certification such as CEH, CRT, OSCP etc. is an advantage.

• Participation in CTF, publicly discovered information security flaws and acknowledged CVE, published research or tool within offensive security domain is an advantage

Application Notes

• Please indicate your first-choice role and, where applicable, a second-choice role, based on your skills, interests, and career aspirations.

• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified due to the high volume of applications.

• Kindly upload both your resume and academic transcript/degree audit in PDF format

• Have questions? Get in touch with us at [email protected]

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