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Tevora · 3 months ago

Cybersecurity Internship Winter 2026- Threat

Fairfax, VA

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$27/hr - $27/hr

Start in 2026 Winter

Tevora is a community of cybersecurity professionals dedicated to creating secure digital environments. The Cybersecurity Internship offers an immersive paid-training program aimed at developing the technical and professional skills necessary for a career in information security, with responsibilities including research, analysis, and participation in penetration testing.

Management Consulting

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Research emerging information security risk, privacy, and compliance topics for white papers and knowledge sharing

Analysis of client organizations to investigate and identify information security risks and security control vulnerabilities

Assist with researching risk treatment and vulnerability remediation for client reports

Joining interviews with various clients' subject matter experts to assist in data collection

Assist in template and procedure creation for Compliance and Risk solutions

Assist in report writing and delivery of client reports

Learning about National and International standards, frameworks, and legislations that govern the industry, such as ISO 27000, SOC, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, and NIST

Participate in Internal and External network penetration tests

Participate in Web application penetration tests

Study penetration testing methodologies and spend time in training labs

Shadowing of penetration testers and learning in real-world scenarios

Remediation validation and reporting support

Writing executive and technical summaries of test results and activities

Communication of test status and findings with clients

Complete other tasks as assigned by your assigned Mentor or Team Lead

Developing technical and business skills required to perform billable work on projects as quickly as possible

Learning about industry-standard certifications and their benefits

Learning about National and International standards and frameworks like PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and ISO 27001

Observing Implementations of Enterprise Security Solutions

Observing and helping with internal and external penetration testing and social engineering projects

Qualification

Penetration testingInformation Security frameworksRisk analysisNetworking conceptsTechnical writingMulti-taskingExcelWordTime managementInterpersonal skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited 4-year university (or Military equivalent) or Currently enrolled at an accredited 4-year university (or Military equivalent)

Eligibility to work in the United States

Required to work onsite at our Fairfax, VA, or Irvine, CA, location

Multi-tasking and time management skills

Dynamic, enthusiastic, and excellent interpersonal skills

Excellent writing both expository and technical documentation

Intermediate working knowledge of Excel and Word

Self-starter who likes to tinker and learn on their own

Basic familiarity with networking concepts like firewalls, routers, switches, and DNS

Basic familiarity with computer troubleshooting and server systems administration

Basic familiarity with business planning and accounting