Incident Commander / Incident Response Lead
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Incident Commander / Incident Response Lead
Saliense
Role Description The Incident Commander serves as the senior operational leader during cybersecurity incidents and is responsible for directing, coordinating, and managing all response activities throughout the incident lifecycle. This position acts as the central decision-maker during major cyber events, ensuring that technical teams, business stakeholders, executive leadership, and external partners operate in a coordinated and effective manner. The Incident Commander leads incident response efforts involving: - Ransomware - Data breaches - Cloud compromises - Insider threats - Business email compromise - Advanced persistent threats - Other high-impact security incidents The role is responsible for: - Establishing response priorities - Coordinating technical investigations - Managing escalation activities - Directing containment and recovery actions - Ensuring timely communication with executive leadership and stakeholders The Incident Commander serves as the bridge between technical teams and organizational leadership by translating complex technical findings into actionable business information. The position oversees: - Incident status reporting - Executive briefings - Operational decision-making - Forensic coordination - Threat intelligence integration - Post-incident reviews The Incident Commander is ultimately accountable for ensuring incidents are managed efficiently, risks are minimized, and business operations are restored as quickly and safely as possible. Qualifications - Extensive experience leading cybersecurity incident response operations within enterprise, government, defense, critical infrastructure, or managed security service environments - Strong expertise in incident response, crisis management, cyber defense operations, threat intelligence, digital forensics coordination, and executive communications - Experience managing complex security incidents involving multiple teams, technologies, stakeholders, and business units - Strong knowledge of incident handling methodologies, cyber attack lifecycles, ransomware response, breach management, cloud security incidents, and enterprise security operations - Exceptional leadership, communication, and organizational skills - Capability of delivering executive briefings, managing stakeholder expectations, facilitating crisis communications, and translating technical information into business-focused recommendations - Experience coordinating forensic investigations, threat intelligence activities, legal considerations, regulatory reporting, and recovery operations is highly desirable Requirements - Preferred certifications include CISSP, GCIH, GCFA, CISM, CASP+, PMP, ITIL, or equivalent industry-recognized certifications - Equivalent experience leading major cybersecurity incidents, crisis response operations, or cyber defense missions may be considered in lieu of specific certifications Core Skills - Incident Response Leadership - Crisis Management - Executive Briefings and Communications - Threat Intelligence Integration - Digital Forensics Coordination - Major Incident Management - Cybersecurity Operations - Risk Assessment and Decision Making - Stakeholder Management - Recovery and Business Continuity Coordination - Regulatory and Reporting Awareness - Cross-Functional Team Leadership
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