Peter Crasta Email & Phone Number

United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Developed the MSS Practice to serve Managed SOC services to cloud customers.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

• Provide direction on information security posture to company• Help build new lines of business in the information security space• Work with clients to position cloud security solutions and managed security services on AWS, Azure and other public cloud platforms

Dubai Internet City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Assess and design new lines of business based on market research• Work with internal teams and 3rd party vendors/providers to strengthen company's security portfolio• Work with clients to understand and address their information security pain points• Design and architect solutions for addressing information security requirements• Working closely with the sales team on proposals and pitches for business.• Attending meetings with business development managers and acting as a… Show more • Assess and design new lines of business based on market research• Work with internal teams and 3rd party vendors/providers to strengthen company's security portfolio• Work with clients to understand and address their information security pain points• Design and architect solutions for addressing information security requirements• Working closely with the sales team on proposals and pitches for business.• Attending meetings with business development managers and acting as a technical expert.• Putting together business cases for the sales teams to support their proposals.• Working closely and collaboratively with customers to devise effective solutions.• Ensuring that the company’s managed security services can deliver on the customer’s requirements.• Working closely with customers to understand and capture requirements.• Replying to customers following requests for information and proposal requests.• Presenting proposals to customers; including C-levels; alongside members of the sales team.• Providing ongoing support for customers post implementation.• Producing detailed costings for customers and ensuring the contract is profitable.• Technical qualification of new deals. Show less

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Work deals assigned to the sales team supporting & prioritizing effort based on maximizing total impact on team productivity and profit• Proactively scope the technical solution(s) required to address customer requirements, assesses customers’ met and unmet needs, and recommend solutions that optimize value for both the customer and the firm.• Secure input from all necessary solution stake holders within the customer firm. Adapts solutions, as necessary to ensure appropriate… Show more • Work deals assigned to the sales team supporting & prioritizing effort based on maximizing total impact on team productivity and profit• Proactively scope the technical solution(s) required to address customer requirements, assesses customers’ met and unmet needs, and recommend solutions that optimize value for both the customer and the firm.• Secure input from all necessary solution stake holders within the customer firm. Adapts solutions, as necessary to ensure appropriate support.• Coordinate closely with internal sales, sales support,and service resources to align solution design with customers’ business requirements.• Secure from customer technical staff commitments needed to ensure a deal’s “technical close.”• Opportunistically pursue additional business development opportunities within customer firms.• Monitor customer support for technical solutions proposed throughout the sales process. Show less

Dubai, Uae

• Managing the SIEM infrastructure. Integration of devices, security event analysis• ISO27001 and ISR: Part of two steering committees providing advice on policies and processes• Cuckoo Sandbox: Implementation, malware and url analysis of suspect files/urls• Monitoring vulnerabilities and following up with various teams on addressing Windows, *nix & Network vulnerabilities.• Monitoring corporate internet usage with Websense, defining policies and providing reports on internet… Show more • Managing the SIEM infrastructure. Integration of devices, security event analysis• ISO27001 and ISR: Part of two steering committees providing advice on policies and processes• Cuckoo Sandbox: Implementation, malware and url analysis of suspect files/urls• Monitoring vulnerabilities and following up with various teams on addressing Windows, *nix & Network vulnerabilities.• Monitoring corporate internet usage with Websense, defining policies and providing reports on internet usage.• Access Control• Manage the AV suite for an environment spanning 500 servers and 7000 workstations• Threat monitoring and analysis Show less

Dubai

Senior Enterprise Systems Administrator/Architect August 2006 – Present•Microsft SCOM: Managing and administering System Center Operations Manager for server monitoring•Microsoft Enterprise License Management for Clients•SCCM (SUS). Provide customers details on client vulnerabilities, follow ups with patching. Defined process relevant to the enterprise. Co-ordination with various Business Units for the entirety of the process cycle.•Windows 7. Plan and design the Windows 7… Show more Senior Enterprise Systems Administrator/Architect August 2006 – Present•Microsft SCOM: Managing and administering System Center Operations Manager for server monitoring•Microsoft Enterprise License Management for Clients•SCCM (SUS). Provide customers details on client vulnerabilities, follow ups with patching. Defined process relevant to the enterprise. Co-ordination with various Business Units for the entirety of the process cycle.•Windows 7. Plan and design the Windows 7 rollout implementation. Co-ordinate with deployment support teams to ensure smooth upgrade of Windows XP to Windows 7 using MDT2010/SCCM.•Microsoft MDOP/Med-V. Design & implement the Med-V solution for XP virtualization to ensure backward compatibility of Oracle e-biz suite on Windows 7 client.•HP CAE Migration. End-to-end project management of the migration of Client Automation implementation to the version 7.2 from version HP Radia 4.2•HP Radia 4.2 Implementation. Design of the HP Radia implementation to service 12000 clients over a wide geographical area.•System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). Manage and administer SCCM 2007.•HP DDMi. Manage and administer HP DDMi (Discovery & dependency Mapping inventory) tool for population of CMDB by collecting inventory information.• HP Open View Operation (W). Deploy OVO (W) agents to nodes and ensure requisite monitoring policies are in place. Show less

Trained corporates in HP-UX, OV-DP and HP-Radia 4Corporate Trainer specializing in HP UX and HP Radia.Conducted training in India, China and SE Asia