Ishaaq C. Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Experienced Security Engineer at Hastings Direct, with a proven track record of successful cloud security implementations.Led the design and implementation of Access Packages for streamlined identity governance to sustain user experience and security. Led the transition to modern authentication methods in response to Microsoft's deprecation of legacy authentication. Conducted extensive testing to ensure seamless integration of new authentication methods including FIDO keys, passwordless and WHFB. I organised campaigns and workshops to educate and encourage employees to adopt modern authentication practises, enhancing employee security. Managed Azure Privileged Identity Management to control, manage, and monitor access within Azure.Managed and configured Entra ID to ensure secure and efficient identity and access management across the organization. Implemented policies for conditional access, multi-factor authentication, and identity protectionFacilitated the transfer of Identity management responsibilities with Azure to the new IAM analysts. Demonstrated strong leadership and mentoring skills guiding the team through the transition and fostering a collaborative environment. Evaluated log data ingested into Sentinel to determine relevancy and necessity, ensuring efficient storage and cost effectiveness.Utilized Sentinel for threat detection and response, leveraging KQL for efficient log analysis and incident investigationConfigured secure transmission of logs to Azure Log Analytics workspace utilizing private endpointsImplementing and configuring Imperva WAF to safeguard Hastings Web Applications with policy management to enhance protection against common web vulnerabilities. Conducted monitoring of web traffic in Imperva.Deployed Azure diagnostic settings to ensure compliance of Azure resources through EPAC. Configured Diagnostic logs for various Azure resources, through our pipelines and GitHub, ensuring efficient and secure deployment processes