Cybersecurity Roles Overview

CategoryRoleKey Focus Areas / Keywords
SOC & OperationsSOC Analyst (Tier 1–3)Monitor alerts, triage incidents, escalate threats
Blue Team MemberDefensive strategies, system hardening, monitoring
Incident ResponderIncident handling, containment, recovery
Offensive SecurityVAPT / Penetration TesterEthical hacking, vulnerability scanning, exploitation
Red Team OperatorAdversary emulation, stealth attacks, bypass defenses
Analysis & MalwareForensics AnalystEvidence collection, timeline reconstruction, chain of custody
Malware AnalystBinary analysis, reverse engineering, malware behavior
Engineering & DevSecurity EngineerSecure architecture, tooling, remediation
DevSecOps EngineerCI/CD security, automation, shift-left security
Application SecurityCode review, OWASP Top 10, secure SDLC
Cloud Security EngineerCloud posture, IAM, infrastructure as code (IaC) security
IntelligenceThreat Intelligence AnalystThreat actor profiling, TTPs, threat feeds
Red & BlueRed TeamSimulated attacks, advanced threat emulation
Blue TeamMonitoring, detection engineering, incident response