The Security Analyst is responsible for enhancing their organization's cybersecurity posture by monitoring and responding to threats, implementing or enhancing security solutions such as firewalls, endpoint security, and security event monitoring.

Security Analysts need expertise in cyber attack methods, cloud or network-based services, operating systems, and vulnerabilities are exploited. They use scripting tools such as Python for automation and a wide range of security information and event monitoring tools as well as initial security event analysis products.