Cyber Strategy Associate - Summer 2026

We are the leading provider of professional services to the middle market globally, our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change, empowering our clients and people to realize their full potential. Our exceptional people are the key to our unrivaled, culture and talent experience and our ability to be compelling to our clients. You’ll find an environment that inspires and empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally. There’s no one like you and that’s why there’s nowhere like RSM.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct assessments identify risks within an organizations cyber security governance compliance programs   

• Measure and report clients’ compliance with established industry or National/International government requirements such as PCI DSS, CMMC, FEDRAMP, GDPR, CCPA, etc. 

• Perform analysis and testing to verify the strengths and weaknesses of mobile and web applications and web services (SOAP, WSDL, UDDI)  

• Perform Internet penetration testing using blackbox and whitebox methodologies  

• Review application code, system configurations and device configurations using manual and automated techniques  

• Communicate technical findings to a non-technical audience effectively  

• Create and review threat intelligence programs for clients using established intelligence models  

• Work with a variety of cyber security and privacy frameworks such as ISO, NIST, CIS.     

• Support the development and implementation of tools such as eGRC, used to help manage security programs across a variety of organizations   

• Develop target operating models for cyber security programs including budgets, resource levels, reporting structure, etc.    

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum B.A. or B.S. degree or equivalent from an accredited university by the time employment commences with a major in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems Management, Information Security, intelligence, digital forensics, cybersecurity or other similar degrees  

• Strong knowledge of computer network technologies, protocols/topologies, digital forensics and endpoint protection, or threat intelligence  

• Software development, programming and/or scripting experience (Perl, Python, C, Java, PHP, ASP, etc.)  

• Ability to track threat actors across Dark Web criminal forums and marketplaces and ability to communicate findings  

• Ability to track malware campaigns and understand adversarial activity from an intelligence perspective  

• Basic understanding of intelligence, including intelligence lifecycle, Kill Chain, Diamond model, and Priority Intelligence Requirements  

• High degree of integrity and confidentiality, as well as ability to adhere to company policies and best practices  

• 0 – 2 years of relevant experience 

• A minimum 3.0 GPA is preferred   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Practical hands-on or lab experience with IT infrastructure components such as servers, firewalls, IDS systems and other network infrastructure components  

• Practical hands-on or lab experience with security applications, such as a AppScan, Metasploit, BurbSuite, Nessus, Social Engineering Toolkit, Kali Linux, etc., or other commercial and public domain security tools  

• Operating system configuration and security experience (HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, AIX, etc.) Configuration and security experience with web servers and web ap