For security leaders
Cybersecurity recruiters who have worked the console
CipherForce is a practitioner-led cybersecurity recruitment partner in India. Security engineers — not generalist recruiters — vet every candidate, so your shortlist is short, technical, and ready to interview.
How our recruitment process works
1. Technical intake
A practitioner runs the intake call with your security lead — tooling stack, shift model, seniority, and the failure modes you want screened out.
2. Targeted sourcing
We source from practitioner communities, conference and CTF circles, and our referral network — not job-board resume dumps.
3. Hands-on vetting
Live technical evaluation per track: alert triage and detection logic for SOC, IAM and misconfiguration review for cloud, threat modelling for AppSec.
4. Shortlist in days
You receive 3–5 candidates with written evaluation notes, availability, and expected compensation — typically within 7 working days.
Roles we recruit for
SOC Analyst L1–L3
Alert triage, SIEM content, incident handling
Threat Hunter / Detection Engineer
Hypothesis-led hunting, detection-as-code
Cloud Security Engineer
AWS/Azure/GCP hardening, IAM, CSPM
AppSec Engineer
Threat modelling, SAST/DAST, secure SDLC
Penetration Tester
Network, web, and API assessment depth
GRC / Compliance Lead
ISO 27001, SOC 2, RBI and DPDP readiness
Browse the full cybersecurity roles directory or read our cybersecurity recruitment guide for India.
Why teams pick a specialist over an agency
- Practitioners run the screening, so weak profiles never reach your calendar.
- Written evaluation notes accompany every shortlisted candidate.
- Replacement cover on contract placements, so a drop-off is not your problem.
- Security-only focus — we do not run generalist IT or non-technical HR desks.
Hiring for a security role right now?
Send us the role and stack. We will come back with an intake slot and an honest read on the market for that profile — including whether it is realistically hireable at your band.
Cybersecurity recruitment FAQs
How are you different from a general recruitment agency?
Every candidate is screened by working security practitioners, not keyword-matched by a generalist recruiter. We run hands-on evaluations — log triage, detection logic, cloud misconfiguration review — before a profile reaches you.
How fast can you deliver a shortlist?
For SOC, cloud security, and GRC roles we typically return a vetted shortlist of 3–5 candidates within 7 working days of the intake call. Niche roles such as detection engineering or OT security take up to 14 days.
Which cybersecurity roles do you recruit for?
SOC analysts (L1–L3), threat hunters, cloud security engineers, IAM engineers, AppSec engineers, penetration testers, GRC and compliance leads, and security architects — contract, contract-to-hire, or permanent.
Do you support contract and managed staffing?
Yes. We place individual contractors, run contract-to-hire pipelines, and stand up managed security pods where we own sourcing, vetting, and replacement cover.