Risk analyst Review
at ASDA
Higher Level Apprenticeship
Cyber Security
Leeds
Review Submitted: April 2025
Overall Rating
5 /5
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5/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Structure and Support
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
5/5
Risk analyst - reviewing old and new solutions used in the business and doing risk assessments to detect potential vulnerabilities to address before deployment. Making sure solutions are secured and implement ways to mitigate, avoid risks all together.
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
5/5
I'm enjoying it as this is what I wanted to do since I've joined Asda. The first year in End User Compute team (tech support) gave me the necessary background to evolve in cyber security. I enjoy learning every day and seeing different projects to work on.
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
5/5
A lot, risk analysis, coding, hardware and technical awareness, studying cyber attacks and how to protect against those. On a day-to-day receiving new projects and communicating with the business, my teams and third parties.
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
5/5
Very well organised, between online learning (videos, exams, hands on labs), online lessons given by QA's subject matter experts. Really qualified people, easy to talk to and interested in their work. I am reaching the end of my apprenticeship including the creation of my portfolio and a project to prepare.
How much support do you receive from your employer?
5/5
As much as I need. There are many teams in cyber security within Asda and this apprenticeship allowed me to reach out to majority of my teammates, outside of my day-to-day job. For instance coding, incident response, forensics, pen test, red team, etc...
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
5/5
As much as I need. [This section of the comment has been removed by a member of the Higherin Team because it did not meet our site terms and conditions] is very responsive and always giving me the help I need by either setting up a call or suggesting videos, documents or materials I can inspire myself from.
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
5/5
Gives me an overview of cyber security and all its aspects, not simply one role that would be risk analyst. I have been spending time learning about legal obligations, compliance, CSF, the OSI layers and all potential attacks on different layers.
Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
5/5
Yes, days out, visiting sites such as depots, stores and see how the solutions implemented and reviewed by our teams are used by our colleagues on site. This is very interesting and also participate in team bonding, bringing people together beyond work. There are also special occasions where the team gathers to play darts or celebrate. Nothing mandatory of course.
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend ASDA to a friend?
Yes
Why?
Great company to work for. Inclusive, family oriented, flexible hours and hybrid work opportunities. Lately, there was a lot of people made redundant, so if anything it's not as secured as it once was.
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to ASDA?
Give it a shot, be yourself and don't pretend you know it all. It's good to learn, practice hands on and getting it wrong to understand and become familiar with various processes. Give it some time and you will become expert at what you're doing. There's always more to learn and cyber is part of those ever evolving jobs where you can't really get bored.
