City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
I’m a motoring enthusiast when I’m not working or studying. My passion for security lead me to where I am today. I’m currently employed at JUMO (Pty) Ltd, an international financial services company for emerging markets which are based in Cape Town, South Africa. I’m responsible for establishing and maintaining the enterprise vision, strategy to ensure information assets and technologies are adequately protected. I’ve worked in the IT industry for 10 years which allowed me to gain experience within a very challenging yet rewarding industry. I work closely with Head of Security and Infrastructure and my responsibilities include, but are not limited to: • Information Security standards design and implementations. • Information Security compliance and audit assessments. • Vulnerability assessments across various architectures. • Internal Vulnerability management. • Perimeter Vulnerability management. • Patch manage compliance. • Data loss prevention. • Audit Reviews. • Knowledge of open source, freeware, and commercial vulnerability assessment tools. • Knowledge of Operating System Control Security. • Knowledge of anti-virus, malware, encryption and desktop tools. • IT Policy and Standard compliance review and implementation. • Cloud technologies (AWS & Azure). • ISO 27001 compliance. • SIEM. • Identity and Access Management (IAM). • Identity as a Service (IDaaS). • BCM DR design and testing. Personality Traits: Ability to work effectively in a team, Target/results driven with a sense of urgency to get things done, Self-starter, well-spoken with good communication and listening skills, Focused and disciplined, Flexible and innovative, Strong attention to detail/methodical/analytical. Systematic, Logic, Ambitious, “out-of-the-box” Thinker, and Problem Solver.
Smollan is a global business that connects people, brands and opportunities. Through planning, executing, measuring and reporting on all aspects of intelligent commerce solutions, the business enables better sales, wider distribution and operational efficiency to drive value for partners.
# Some of the projects that I worked on: Okta - Created RFP for Identity as a service (IaaS), evaluated my options, and implemented all our SaaS applications. DLP - Created RFP, evaluated my options, deployed Forcepoint DLP in our environment. AWS Security - Deployed SecurityHub in the organisation, Tested AWS WAF, Remediated compliance vulnerabilities, IAM, Priv management. Vulnerability Management - Created RFP, evaluated Tenable.io and deployed it throughout our AWS and workstation environment. ISO27001 Certification - Assisted with the statement of applicability, ISMS documentation, policies, and remediating controls. Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) - Created RFP, evaluated, and deployed Cybereason throughout the organisation. Security Information and event management (SIEM) - Created RFP for DataDog & Splunk. User Awareness Training - Evaluated & deployed Knowbe4. Static Application Security Testing (SAST) - Evaluated and deployed Checkmarx. I assisted with designing a secure Red Forest Active Directory environment. # Products, Tech & Tools Okta, Forcepoint, AWS, Azure, Tenable.io, ISO27001, Cybereason, DataDog, Git, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Google Stack, Python, Docker, Terraform, Mimecast, Office 365, Mcafee AV, LastPass Password Management, MDM (Workspace One, Addigy), CCTV Management, Access Control System, Snyk, Checkmarx, Meraki & Fortigate Firewalls, Knowbe4. # Responsibilities Create and execute project plans. Risk Assessments (Third Party) Creating & updating documentation Plan team road maps Create and update architecture diagrams Managing Incident Response
# Some of the projects that I worked on: Mimecast - Deployed and managed client Mimecast accounts. Active Directory - Configure & manage client Microsoft AD environments. Antimalware - Deployed and managed client Webroot anti-malware. Email - Migrated client on-premise email to Office 365. Firewall - Deploy and manage all Fortigate firewalls at clients. Storage & clusters - Configured Dell storage & cluster solutions. Virtual Servers - Deployed VMware to manage virtual machines. AWS - Migrate client-server environments to AWS. Backups - Manage all client's backups. # Products, Tech & Tools Mimecast, Office 365, Webroot AV, Wifi Management, Fortigate, HyperV, VMware, Dell Server, SQL, Irontree. # Responsibilities Create client software project plans. Create client network environment documentation Create client architecture diagrams
# Some of the projects that I worked on: Disaster Recovery - Setup a fully remote disaster recovery site with remote backups. Active Directory - Configure & manage Microsoft AD environment. (DNS, DHCP) Audits - Assisted with SAS70 audits. Antimalware - Deployed and managed Mcafee anti-malware. Email - Migrated email to Office 365. Firewall - Deployment Fortigate firewalls at all international sites. Storage & clusters - Configured IBM storage & cluster solutions. Virtual Servers - Deployed VMware to manage virtual machines. Database management - Deployed MSSQL for assisting business units. Network equipment - Managed office switches and routers. # Products, Tech & Tools Mimecast, Office 365, Mcafee AV, Wifi Management, Fortigate, HyperV, VMware, IBM Server, SQL. # Responsibilities Create and execute project plans. Creating & updating documentation Create and update architecture diagrams
Upgrading and Installing of PCs and Laptops • Installing and Configuring Desktop and Laptops • Troubleshooting all desktop related issues • Installing software according to user specification • Installing network & local printers to user specification