Motivated Corporate Information Security Manager with 8 years of experience, recognized for assessing operational needs and developing solutions to save costs, improve revenues and drive customer satisfaction. Resourceful and well-organised with excellent leadership and team-building record.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
11
11
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Corporate Information Security Manager | Chief Information Security Officer
Magrabi Hospitals and Centres
01.2016 - Current
Define policies and procedures that are based on risk assessments and ensure that information security is addressed through the life cycle of each organizational information system
And ensure the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability
Develop new policies that aligned with the business objectives, and organization vision and mission
Review information security policies and updated as needed
Perform periodic assessments of risk including the magnitude of harm that could result from the unauthorized access, use disclosure, disruption, modification or destruction of information
Subordinate plans for providing adequate information security for networks, facilities, information systems, or groups of information systems as appropriate
Develop, maintain, and improve user security awareness program and its metrics
Implementing security controls selected based on Information Security Management Program and control life cycle
Periodic testing and evaluation of effectiveness of information security policies, procedures, practices, and security controls
Develop and execute procedures for detecting, reporting and responding to security incidents
Plans and procedures to ensure continuity of operations for organizational information systems
Develop a Process for planning, implementing, evaluating and documenting remedial actions to address any deficiencies in the information security policies, procedures, and practices of organization
Develop, end execute risk management system based on ISO 27001 standards (ISMS) and NIST SP800-53
Implementation of SOC (SIEM) and continuous monitoring the events based on the criticality Matrix
Designing and implementing strategies, budgets and Security Controls for meeting organizational requirements and growing business needs and implementing need based suitable technologies aligned with business
Spearheading the organizational department quality assurance activities, managing the complete business cycle including need assessment, preparing IS Blueprint, Strategic Management, and delivering quality technical/Administration/Operation controls
Accountable for developing all change management initiatives through stakeholder engagement, analysis and participation, preparing and executing readiness tests, establishing points of resistance
Conduct penetration testing internally to evaluate the effectiveness of the implemented controls
Managing Vulnerability Management System and do the needed prioritization to remediation plan based on the vulnerability criticality and impact of the business.
Sourced new and emerging technologies to optimize information services.
Controlled department budgets by sourcing cost-effective solutions.
Recommended upgraded technologies to meet evolving business requirements.
Negotiated cost-efficient prices with vendors for new systems and services.
Helped develop playbooks and exercises for incident response and remediation.
Monitored new threats, vulnerabilities and attacks and applied countermeasures to prevent intrusion.
Assessed application and infrastructure security to find and address vulnerabilities.
Drafted security governance policies and procedures for company assets.
Worked with application teams in applying secure practices to software implementation.
Recommended preventive security measures to decrease attack surfaces.
IT Manager
Magrabi Hospitals and Centers - Dental
01.2012 - 12.2015
Job Description:
Improving operational systems, processes & policies in support of organization's mission, assisting in better management reporting, information flow & management, business process and organizational planning
Prepared all necessary supplements required to ensure proper operation of a computer environment, ensured successful completion of software development and modification projects within time and budget
Managed assigned projects and program components to deliver services in accordance with company objectives and documenting change management for major software and infrastructure change
Ascertained all the Critical and High Priority Incidents are addressed within SLA and sent out the Critical Alerts for such Incidents, thus driving client satisfaction through the delivery of a quality and timely service
Enhanced infrastructure and ensuring continuous availability of licenses, file systems, support along with maintaining, and analyzing, troubleshooting and repairing server systems for large sized users.
Managed team of IT support technicians, developing workflows and processes.
Sourced new and emerging technologies to optimise information services.
Recruited, trained and managed IT teams to continually meet service user needs.
Oversaw execution of IT projects from inception to execution.
Oversaw daily operations to achieve high productivity levels.
Technical Support Manager
Smart Vision
05.2010 - 12.2011
High customer satisfactions results
Implementing service desk system to manage and follow up the service requests, incidents, and problems with the customers for the pro-active monitoring
Increasing the sales by 35%.
Liaised with service users and business managers to meet computing requirements
Coached junior support staff in delivering responsive, proactive technical support.
Managed server and network implementation according to agreed deliverables.
Assessed system performance to advise on possible updates and improvements.
Network Administrator/System Engineer
Magrabi Retail
03.2005 - 04.2010
Upgrade OS system from Windows server 2000 NT to Windows Server 2003
Upgrade Exchange server 2003 to Exchange server 2007, and then to Exchange server 2010
Upgrade Citrix Meta frame to XenApp 4.x
Install and configure corporate office Wi-Fi secured network
Member of a team that migrate the whole datacenter from Jeddah to Egypt as smooth as switching on/off.
Organized regular systems testing and maintenance to minimize breakdowns and help-desk queries.
Improved installation and configuration procedures to maintain stable traffic and response times.
Evaluated network performance to minimize downtime and address issues.
Analyzed complex project server issues and worked on large enterprise and business-critical applications.
Employed cybersecurity knowledge to establish stable connections and firewalls.
Standardized job tasks and trained junior team members on best practices and standards for optimum systems operations.
Investigated problems with hardware and software to trace faults.
Promoted continuous improvement by problem-solving and sharing suggestions to optimize team operations.
Designed digital and print materials to engage audiences.
Education
BSc. - Science
Ain Shams University
09.1993 - 06.1997
Skills
Project Management
Certification
C|CISO Chef Information Security Officer - EC-Council
Accomplishments
Develop and implement ISMS based on ISO27001 and NIST 800-53
Review and update the needed section of the information security policies and procedures
Develop and implement information security policies and procedures needed to allign with the business needs based on the risk assessment results and the organization risk appetite
Develop Risk Management and Risk Assessment framework
Develop and implement User Security Awareness Program
Implement Vulnerability Management System and Automated Penetration Testing
Conduct Internal Penetration Testing o Implement anti-malware and anti-ransomware end point
Conduct phishing campaign and Social Engineering Attack
Implement MFA (Multifactor Authentication) Office365 and remote desktop access
Implement vendor access system o Implement SIEM as a part of SOC (Log Analysis)
Implement asset management system
Arab Cyber Security Summit – Riyadh 2016 - Cisco Cyber Range – Jeddah - 2017
IDC Security Road show – Cairo 2018 - IDC IT Forum – Cairo 2018