Product Cyber Security Intern Review

This role predominantly focused upon familiarity with regulatory frameworks that govern embedded systems and understanding how these can be applied to a range of products. On occasion one would be tasked with the responsibility to research new technologies that could provide Rolls-Royce with new security capabilities and also look into new security oriented working methods. Each day there are a range of meetings that reiterate the long term focuses of the team and tasks that can be done to enable resilient and secure products.

- Ability to understand changing threat appetites - Increased familiarity with regulatory frameworks - Developing an understanding of cyber resilience and it's role in embedded systems - Refined my report writing style and research methods - Improved soft skills in the cyber security domain - Gained an ability to work in an agile and lean framework - Greatly improved presentations skills

I was given a lot of responsibility during my internship, in the majority of my projects the work was self led and required me to use my skills to delivery what was expected. I believe that a key reason why I was given responsibility was because I worked in a small team.

I was supported throughout my internship, I had lots of contact with my team in which I could ask them questions. I believe that this was also supported by the fact that I was in a smaller team.

As this placement was online for the most part it was difficult to gauge the company culture and atmosphere, however, my online interactions were always friendly and I was treated as an equal by those in my team and laterally across the business.

I thoroughly enjoyed my summer internship, the learning experience (despite being less academic than university) was invaluable and will enable future endeavours. It provided a great opportunity to gain an insight into a company with a global responsibility and diverse portfolio. At such a early stage of my university experience it is great to have a realistic vision of what my future may look like at similar companies.

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Ensure that your soft skillset is refined, Rolls-Royce strive to have employees that are both intellectual and socially aware. I believe that it's important to give your all during the assessment centre as Rolls-Royce allow opportunities to cascade and a summer internship can easily develop into a future graduate program or other opportunity.