Cybersecurity
Incident Response / DFIR career guide
Leads investigations, containment and recovery; collects and analyzes forensic evidence.
Job titles
- Incident Responder
- DFIR Analyst
- Incident Response Analyst
Skills employers ask for
- Incident response
- Containment
- Eradication
- Recovery
- Root cause analysis
- Digital forensics
- Memory forensics
- Disk forensics
- Timeline analysis
- Chain of custody
- Evidence collection
- Malware analysis
- Threat hunting
- Post-incident review
- Tabletop exercises
- Volatility
- Autopsy
- FTK
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What does a Incident Response / DFIR do?
Leads investigations, containment and recovery; collects and analyzes forensic evidence.
What skills does a Incident Response / DFIR need?
Common skills in Incident Response / DFIR postings include Incident response, Containment, Eradication, Recovery, Root cause analysis, Digital forensics, Memory forensics, Disk forensics, Timeline analysis, Chain of custody.
Which certifications help for Incident Response / DFIR roles?
Employers often ask for GCIH, GCFA, GCFE, CySA+, ECIH, CHFI.
How many Incident Response / DFIR jobs are open?
ReconHire lists about 20 recent postings that match Incident Response / DFIR titles, and 3 of them are remote.
How much does a Incident Response / DFIR make?
Among 7 recent postings that list pay, the middle half falls between $94k and $215k a year, with a median near $131k. Pay varies by city, experience and employer.