Cyber Security and Data Privacy Graduate/Trainee, Glasgow/Edinburgh, August 2025

About us

At Azets, people are at the core of what we do, with trainees being the first important building block in our success. We are extremely proud of and value the expertise and technical know-how within our business, but we equally understand the importance of enhancing and sharing this knowledge to continuously develop our future workforce.

With the everchanging economic landscape and advances in technology, there has never been a more exciting time to start a career in technology assurance and advisory. Whether a graduate or simply looking for a career change, why not start your journey here at Azets?

We are committed to offering development opportunities to all of our staff, from Entry Level Trainee through to Senior Partner. As a trainee, all of our roles will provide a professional qualification specific to the business area you will be working in.

Organisations are commonly seeking to utilise technology to innovate and with it increasing the digitalisation and automation of their business through the use of technology to drive cost savings, efficiencies, adaptable working for employees as well as accelerating transformation across their businesses.

Innovation through the use of technology presents great opportunities for organisations, but it can also introduce or increase cyber and data privacy risks. Our Technology Risk team has prioritised investment in recruiting, developing and progressing graduates in their career journey. We are a team of experienced professionals specialised in supporting clients with a range of security support services, such as:

• Helping clients to review their cyber security strategy and security improvement programmes to understand what actions they should be taking and prioritising to support the business to achieve objectives in a secure manner.
• Conducting a maturity assessment against a recognised security framework such as ISO 27001, NIS CAF, CIS, NIST CSF etc.;
• Reviewing the client’s level of compliance against UK or EU GDPR and DPA 2018 requirements;
• Conducting assurance or advisory reviews of a client’s cyber resilience controls such as Incident Management, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans, specifically looking at their ability to respond and recover from cyber threats such as Ransomware;
• Supporting clients to create cyber security and data privacy policies and procedures, and incorporate security controls in business processes such as management of their supply chain; and
• Supporting clients to implement controls to comply with data privacy regulations and protect personal data.

The Role

Day-to-day life as a cyber security and data privacy associate will involve:

• Supporting a senior member of the team to conduct assurance and advisory reviews such as assessing the effectiveness of client security controls.
• Working across a range of security domains, such as governance, preventative controls, detective controls, incident management and disaster recovery. In addition, you will learn how data privacy regulations and cyber security controls are intertwined, and what organisations are required to do to protect personal data.
• Bringing a positive attitude and willingness to learn about security best practices, standards and frameworks.
• Working across a range of clients, interacting with organisations such as large public sector bodies and smaller charities, to support them in implementing good cyber security and data privacy controls.

We have created a first-class training and development programme and, by starting your career at Azets, in addition to the comprehensive on the job training, you will also be given all the support you need to complete a professional qualification, including college and/or study days, mentoring and a designated buddy.

We offer a range of different qualification pathways at Azets which are determined by the role you are applying for. We believe that everyone has their own career aspirations and with it the supporting training path, as a result we are able to offer successful candidates a variety of different options. Successful candidates will discuss with their line manager the path they take with the options including ISC2 foundation-based qualifications in cyber security, GDPR foundation level training and eventually qualifications such as ISC2.

Key accountabilities

Our cyber security and privacy team are part of our wider Technology Risk team and often work closely with members of the wider team to deliver services such as:

• Internal IT Audit
• IT Advisory
• Data Analytics
• External IT Audit
• SOC/3rd Party Assurances

Skills & Experience

To get the job that you’ll love, you will:

• You will need the right to work in the UK from your start date.
  
• On track to achieve or have already achieved a minimum 2:2 in your undergraduate degree

For us, the personal attributes of each of our employees are what makes us authentic in the marketplace. We look for people who can collaborate with peers but can also bring their own voice to the table. We want people who are progressive in their approach and respectful of other people’s opinions. We are looking for someone who wants to be more than just a team member, but who wants to join a family of likeminded individuals.

Other

At Azets, we understand that whilst job satisfaction and success is important, you should be rewarded for the work you do.

Our benefits include 23 days of annual leave, a birthday holiday (plus bank holidays), Agile & Adaptable working, lead incentive schemes and much more.