Fortress FastLane Intern

Fortress Information Security•Orlando, FL

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Fortress FastLane Intern role offers college seniors a unique opportunity to launch their cybersecurity career while completing their degree, rotating through four strategic business areas on a quarterly basis within the SCRM team. Interns will gain hands-on exposure to vendor control assessments, AI-powered risk monitoring, and cyber supply chain risk management — the core services Fortress delivers to its clients. Working 10–15 hours per week through May 2027, participants will build broad, practical skills across multiple high-impact assignments. This program is designed as a direct pipeline to full-time employment at Fortress, making it an exceptional opportunity for driven students ready to grow into the cybersecurity field.

Requirements

Ability to work 10-15 hours per week.
Basic AI proficiency, including the ability to use approved AI tools responsibly when permitted by Fortress policy and customer requirements.
Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new tools, teams, and workflows, and to adapt professionally to a new business area every quarter.
Experience in, or aptitude for, a customer/client-facing environment.
Solid understanding of risk management concepts, particularly around information security, IT general controls, and basic audit terminology and concepts.
Comfort learning and using AI-powered tools and platforms (e.g., generative AI assistants, AI-based monitoring or security tools) to support research, analysis, and reporting tasks.
Demonstrated professional communication and client relationship skills.
Attention to detail, sound judgement, logical thinking, and proven ability to follow established scripts/consistency models, drive tasks to completion, meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment, and adapt to changing business needs with periodic supervision.
Strong computer skills, including MS Office and Google products (e.g., Word, Excel, Gmail) and other business software.
Ambition, drive, sharp vision, and a great attitude.

Nice To Haves

Proven working experience or strong academic/internship exposure to cybersecurity control reviews, operational risk management, information security, security research, or third-party/vendor risk management.

Responsibilities

Rotate through four business areas, each on a quarterly basis, meeting the specific deliverables and quality standards of each Rotation Lead's team.
Consistently deliver on assigned workload, commitments, deadlines, and objectives while following established service level agreements in scope and leveraging appropriate tools, methods, frameworks, and professional standards.
Curate and organize company-specific information from public, private, and proprietary sources through data collection, analysis, evaluation, and risk-scoring.
Collaborate with internal partners and third parties to enhance, mitigate, and resolve third-party risks.
Represent Fortress as a key point of contact to clients and their third parties as rotation assignments require.
Support Validated Controls Assessment (VCA), AI Monitoring, data integrity QA, and program management activities depending on current rotation.
Communicate effectively and professionally within each rotation team and with cross-functional partners.
Track assigned work efficiently while meeting given deadlines across changing rotation assignments.
Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Remote and Hybrid working environment
Competitive pay structure
Medical, dental, vision plans with employees covered up to 90% with highly progressive options for dependents and families
Company paid life, short- and long-term disability insurance
Employee Assistance Program
401(k) match
Flexible Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
professional growth opportunities through succession planning, up-skilling, and certifications
Tuition and certification reimbursement
Employee Referral Programs
Company Sponsored Events