Early Careers: Cyber Summer Associate

Aon is looking for 2025 Summer Interns to join our Cyber Solutions Group!

About Cyber Solutions

Aon’s Cyber Solutions offers holistic cyber risk management, unsurpassed investigative skills, and proprietary technologies to help clients uncover and quantify cyber risks, protect critical assets, and recover from cyber incidents.

Position Overview

The Cyber Summer Associate Program is a ten-week internship in one area of Aon's Cyber Solutions, where we will immerse you in our proactive and reactive services. You will work on client projects and learn key skills in information security in one of the following fields:

• Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR): The DFIR team works with organizations in response to cyberattacks or data breaches and works with legal counsel to assist with acquiring, processing, and analyzing digital evidence. DFIR CSAs will work in-person in one of our forensic labs in New York, Chicago, Washington DC, or Boston.
• Security Testing: The Testing team identifies security vulnerabilities by performing dynamic security assessments of web applications and live networks, simulating attacker scenarios such as phishing campaigns and red teams, and performing secure code reviews of client codebases. Security Testing CSAs will work in-person in our New York lab.
• Security Advisory: proactively assist an organization with maturing cybersecurity practices across cyber risk and compliance, cyber defense & transformation, investment and portfolio protection, and incident response planning. Security Advisory CSAs have the option to work remotely, hybrid, or in-person in one of our labs in New York and Chicago.

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

Available Locations

• New York, NY (DFIR, Testing, Advisory)
• Chicago, IL (DFIR, Advisory)
• Washington, DC (DFIR only)
• Boston, MA (DFIR only)
• Remote (Advisory only)

US Recruiting Timeline 

• Applications Open: September 24th, 2024
• APPLICATIONS DUE BY: October 15th
• First Round Interviews: October 21st – November 4th
• Final Round Interviews: November 12th and November 13th
• Cyber Associate Program Begins: June 2025

Position Details

This paid internship begins in June with a three-day orientation program. During this time, you will meet with firm leadership, participate in training exercises, network with colleagues, and join other special events.

Cyber Summer Associates work directly with our existing employees in one of our U.S. offices (with the option of remote work for Security Advisory interns). Immersed in our experienced client teams, you will contribute to a wide variety of client projects. You will learn how to use cutting-edge tools and technologies and attend regular training and demos to build technical and professional skills. Throughout the summer, you will complete a research project on an impactful topic relevant to your skillsets and interests and present it to the firm at the end of the program.

From the very beginning, you will be learning from managers and colleagues with robust technical and legal backgrounds, many of whom contributed directly to developing the foundations of the practice of cyber-focused industry. Cyber Summer Associates have both a mentor and supervisor to support their client work, professional development, and research projects.

The Cyber Summer Associate Program is a unique and exciting opportunity that is aimed at helping you build the skills and experience needed to kick start your career in cybersecurity and at Aon!

Job Responsibilities

• Perform tasks related to technical consulting engagements involving digital forensics, incident response, security testing, or security advisory
• Support teams that are assessing clients’ risks related to internal IT infrastructure, publicly available IT assets and other relevant attack surfaces
• Become proficient with industry standard tools and practices
• Preserve and analyze data from laptop and desktop computers, servers, and mobile devices
• Design, develop, document, analyze, test and modify computer systems & programs
• Conduct statistical analysis of large data sets and other investigative components of cases
• Learn to present sophisticated technical matters and analysis clearly and concisely
• Help uncover causes of clients’ network intrusions/data breaches, and increase knowledge of malware
• Aid in the development of IT security risk metrics
• Research and pilot security software (commercial and open-source)
• Assist in developing proprietary tools and programs to aid in matters of forensic analysis, network incident response, or penetration testing
• Work alongside our practitioners and cybersecurity specialists
• Stay up-to-date with the current regulatory environment, industry trends and related implications
• Develop and broaden skills through training and research
• Contribute to and attend in-house training sessions
• Suggest and pursue firm-enhancing projects that draw on your skills and academic interests

Basic Qualifications

• Currently pursuing Bachelor’s or Graduate Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, Digital Forensics or another quant-focused major
• Knowledge of computer networking technologies
• Familiarity with computer system hardware and software
• Strong analytic, qualitative and quantitative reasoning skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills, plus attention to detail
• Solid understanding of MS Office, and familiarity with Windows, Macintosh, and/or Linux operating systems
• Creative problem solving and eagerness to learn and research new skills
• Exceptional work ethic, high level of professionalism and commitment to ethical standards
• Strong self-motivation and a positive mentality

Applicants for this role, which is part of the Aon Summer Internship Program, should be rising seniors, graduating between December 2025 – Spring 2026 and have a GPA of 3.0 or above.

Preferred Experience

• Security Testing: Familiarity with configuring, identifying, testing, and remediating vulnerable services and security bugs, and other ethical hacking techniques; experience with cybersecurity related CTF challenges and platforms such as Hack The Box, Over The Wire, Hacker101, etc.
• Security Advisory: Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks and standards such as NIST CSF, CIS Benchmarks, CMMC etc.
• DFIR: Investigative mindset, foundational knowledge of digital forensic artifacts or operating systems, and experience with any of the following: malware analysis; database operations and analysis; system administration; security tooling including EDR; cloud security and investigations; parsing and drawing conclusions from large data sets.
• Flexibility to collaborate or work independently and ability to grasp new concepts quickly and adapt to changing priorities. 
• Proficiency with Python, Java, C#, C++, SQL, or assembly languages are a plus but programming skills are not required.

Aon Summer Internship Program

Aon’s Summer Internship Program provides a unique opportunity for rising college seniors to learn, contribute, and gain real world work experience in a collaborative environment. Interns have the chance to learn more about Aon’s culture and businesses while developing practical skills necessary for future success and postgraduate opportunities. The 10-week summer program includes weekly spotlights delivered by Aon business leaders, a community outreach event and networking opportunities with fellow interns and colleagues. The program equips interns with an understanding of working in an environment dedicated to exceeding client expectations and delivering products and services distinct to unique client needs.

A Value Adding Program Development Plan (Curriculum)

• In addition to on-the-job training, our interns actively participate, along with their fellow intern colleagues, in a formal Development Plan. This provides interns:
• An understanding of the basic functions and types of clients within Aon’s businesses
• An understanding of Aon’s ethical standards
• Training geared toward enabling interns to demonstrate an ability to work in a professional business environment
• Opportunities to network with fellow peers, Aon colleagues and executive leadership at program social events and interactive speaker forums
• Opportunities to learn and use Aon’s internal systems
• Opportunities to demonstrate interpersonal and team building skills through many networking events

An Opportunity to Explore Post Graduation Career Path Opportunities

The goal of the Aon Summer Internship Program is to give students significant exposure to Aon through project deliverables, continuing education and a training curriculum. The program also provides students with an excellent opportunity to learn and prepare for post‐graduate career opportunities at Aon. Upon successful completion of the Aon Summer Internship Program, highly qualified interns may be offered post-graduation full‐time positions within the Launch Program, Aon’s Early Career Development Program.

How we support our colleagues

The salary for this position is $30 per hour. The salary reflected is based on a primary work location of New York, NY.  The actual salary may vary for applicants in a different geographic location. 

For positions in San Francisco and Los Angeles, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction record in accordance with local Fair Chance ordinances.

At Aon, we offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization. Plus, our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two “Global Wellbeing Days” each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions, but we also recognize that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work... and we are all for it. We call this Smart Working!

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

Aon values an innovative, diverse workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Aon provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status. Aon is committed to a diverse workforce and is an affirmative action employer. People with criminal histories are encouraged to apply.

We provide individuals with disabilities reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us to request an accommodation on ReasonableAdjustments@Aon.com

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

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