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Cyber security CV example

A cyber security CV shows how you protect systems and what happened when something went wrong: the environment you monitor, the incidents you handled, how you test defences and the certifications behind it.

Employers also read it for judgement, so describe your work without exposing anyone's weaknesses. This example is an analyst who moved up from IT support.

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Nathan Cole
Cyber Security Analyst
Cheltenham · 07700 900231 · nathan.cole@example.com · linkedin.com/in/nathan-cole-example

Profile

Cyber security analyst in a managed security service watching 40 client networks. Triages alerts, investigates incidents and runs vulnerability scans, and writes plain reports that tell clients what to fix first. Started in IT support. Looking for a security analyst or incident response role.

Experience

Security Operations Analyst, Severnside Secure, Cheltenham 2023–present

Monitor alerts for 40 client networks in Microsoft Sentinel and Defender, on a shift rota.

Investigated a phishing attack that reached 12 mailboxes: reset accounts, blocked the sender and closed it within four hours.

Run monthly vulnerability scans with Nessus and track fixes with each client.

Wrote the phishing and ransomware playbooks the team now uses.

IT Support Technician, Severnside Secure, Cheltenham 2021–2023

Ran patching and backups and handled 30 support tickets a day.

Education

Cyber Security Technologist Level 4 apprenticeship 2023

CompTIA Security+ 2022

Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate 2024

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel (KQL), Defender

Nessus, Wireshark

Windows Server, Active Directory, Linux

Python for scripting

Skills

Alert triage and incident response

Vulnerability management

Writing playbooks and client reports

Calm on call

Fictional example for a cyber security analyst. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What security teams look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Assess risks to IT systems and develop procedures to minimise themThe phishing and ransomware playbooks the team uses
Use manual and automated methods to test IT defences and find weak spotsMonthly Nessus scans with fixes tracked per client
Monitor and record incidents and suspicious activity in real timeShift monitoring of 40 client networks in Sentinel and Defender
Investigate security breaches, assess damage and fix flawsA phishing attack on 12 mailboxes closed within four hours
Manage security system maintenance and upgradesPatching and backups from the IT support role

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for an IT security co-ordinator, which also covers cyber security specialists.

Facts checked against National Careers Service: IT security co-ordinator on .

Inside this example
  • Profile: 44 words here
  • Experience: 90 words here
  • Education: 20 words here
  • Tools: 18 words here
  • Skills: 19 words here

How to write yours

01

Describe the environment

How many networks, users or clients you protect gives the scale in one line.

02

Tell one incident

What happened, what you did and how quickly it closed shows judgement better than a list of tools.

03

Keep tools and certifications checkable

Name the platforms you work in daily and each certification with its year; leave out ones you have only read about.

04

Protect your clients

Never name a client with its weaknesses or paste real findings; describe the type of attack and your part.

Rules and checks for a cyber security CV

  • Background checks. IT security jobs need you to pass enhanced background checks (National Careers Service). If you already hold a clearance level, you can say so without detail.
  • Routes in. Apprenticeships include the Cyber Security Technologist Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship, and many people move up from IT support or network engineering (National Careers Service).
  • Certifications. The UK Cyber Security Council lists certifications and training for each kind of security role (National Careers Service). Give the full name and year of each one you hold.

Compact and one page: experience, tools and certifications stay together, and the plain layout reads cleanly in applicant tracking systems.

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