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- Performs real-time monitoring, security incident handling, investigation, analysis, reporting and escalations of security events – MDE, Sophos- Enhance visibility of endpoints to detect attacks early in the attack chain, create and review threat protection, application control policies – Sophos- Implemented and designed IPS rules for protection against vulnerabilities and EoL systems – Trend Micro Deepsecurity- Boost productivity, reduced costs incurred, increased visibility and security for IT Assets - Lansweeper - Proactive scanning, monitoring and response to cyber vulnerabilities identified within the six partners of the Gloucestershire Integrated Care System - Nessus- Conducted internal audit and assisted Trust in gaining CyberEssentials Plus certification mandated by NHSD- Build Splunk cloud Collector to collect Firewall logs- Ensured clinical and third-party software’s are patched and free from vulnerabilities – ManageEngine Application - Created and reviewed URL filtering rules in external firewall – SBS, Palo Alto- Investigating and resolving security issues and identifying its root cause.- Conducted POC for PAM Solutions – CyberArk, Osirirum- Audit all Group Policy changes and monitor AD – Netwrix Auditor- Prepared Cyber reports for IT Director and Head of Info Governance

India

United Kingdom - Banking, Financial Services and InsuranceDesignation - Systems Engineer- 24x7 Operational experience in Cyber Security Operations Centre.- Mentored team of 12 security analysts, training and monitoring their professional growth.- Actively monitor SIEM to identify the anomalies and other events that are not automatically detected.- Assist with fine-tuning the SIEM events to reduce false positives.- Provide vulnerability assessment analysis to Network, Middleware, Server & Application teams based on scanning technology output – QualysGuard- Identifying the list of assets and applications at risk from Qualys Dashboard.- Actively investigate the latest in vulnerabilities, advisories, penetration techniques, threats and impact and notify the client when appropriate.- Supported the infrastructure team to resolve security concerns to risk waiver documentation.- Identify and implement security compliance requirements at organisational level – PCI-DSS, CIS- Monitor email communication and perform deep analyses of spam message headers and design regular expression to detect those features – Trend DLP- Review 3rd party Penetration Test reports and assisting the infrastructure team for vulnerability closure.- Enhance visibility of endpoints to detect attacks early in the attack chain- Comodo- Monitoring servers from malware – McAfee- Review Patch Compliance reports on a monthly basis – Shavlik | WSUS- Review, approve change requests, and escalate to senior colleagues when required.- Good familiarity with the Windows Operating system, Active Directory, OSI, and TCP/IP stack.- Conducted privileged access reviews on a scheduled basis with the client infrastructure team.- Prepared InfoSec KRI/KPI pack and risk reports to Head of Information Security.- Industrial expert talk on Penetration Testing & provided security awareness at DKTE Textile and Engineering Institute, Maharashtra, India.

India

Designation - Assistant Systems Engineer- Conduct internal IA audits to ensure the programme ISO 27001 certification is maintained.- Reporting non-compliance against organisational policies and procedures.- Proactively collaborated with ISAE 3402, Sarbanes-Oxley Auditors.- Conducted risk assessments and gap analysis based on the established risk framework.- Conducted internal audits on a quarterly and half-yearly basis for various clients.- Highlighting the identified risks and gaps to Head of Information Security.- Contributed to devising scorecards for ISO 20000 standard to ensure conformance against ISO standards.

Msc, Computer Forensics And Cybersecurity

Dissertation: Cryptographic Forensics Concerns About Messaging Applications. Key Modules Audit and Security - ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, Cobit5.

B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering

Dissertation: Performace test on Vapour Compression Refrigeration System using R134a Nano-Refrigerant. Core Modules Theory of Machines.