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Supply Chain Security Analyst
Hunts for malicious code and vulnerabilities introduced through software dependencies
£55k–£110k Threat-driven
What it involves
Reviews third-party libraries, vendor software and open-source components to detect tampering, vulnerable dependencies and backdoors that attackers hide in the supply chain.
Skills & knowledge needed
SBOMDependency analysisMalware detectionSoftware composition analysisSolarWinds/Log4j methodology
Why it's emerging now
Supply chain attacks like SolarWinds and Log4Shell showed that dependencies are a major attack vector.
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