Cyber Threat Research Intelligence Analyst

Job description

This role is four days onsite at our Seneca One Buffalo, NY location, with the flexibility to work from home one day per week Overview: Responsible for gathering, analyzing, and interpreting intelligence data to identify potential threats to M&T Bank's security. Uses this information to proactively to inform how Cybersecurity should strengthen defenses, mitigate threats, and enhance security posture. Manages the end-to-end indicator of compromise ( IOC ) lifecycle (intake, normalization, enrichment, scoring, dissemination, and retirement) to ensure high-fidelity intelligence reaches security controls quickly and safely. Primary Responsibilities: - Independently collect and analyze intelligence data from various sources - identify relevant information, and report findings to senior analysts and leaders for further review. - Define and maintain indicator quality standards (source reliability, scoring, false-positive handling, freshness/decay) and ensure governance is applied consistently - Monitor the IOC lifecycle: intake, normalization, de-duplication, enrichment, confidence scoring, deconfliction, expiration/TTL, and feedback loops. - Operationalize IOCs by partnering with Cyberse...