WALEED ALSAHLI
Riyadh,Saudi Arabia
Summary
Accomplished Team Lead more than 7 years' experience in the Information technology and Cyber security specialized in Governance, Risk and Compliance along with that having expertise in Cybersecurity Defense and Resilience. A well-organized, productive, dependable team player and a reliable leader with a consistent record of accomplishments as well as strong command of the National and International standards and best practices with SAMA, CSF, NCA Regulations and NIST standard.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
2020
2020
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Cyber securiy Expert
General Secrretariat of the National Risk Council
Riyadh, Riyadh Region
06.2025 - Current
Senior Manager acting
Malath Insurance
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
08.2023 - 06.2025
- Acting As a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) from September 2024
- Developed 3 years information / cyber security strategy and developed Road maps to reach targets in the organization.
- Implemented NCA requirements which led to accomplishment of NCA compliance.
- Managing NCA Regulation Audits and Implementation Projects i.e. Data and Information Protection (DLP), Vulnerability Management.
- Established SIEM solution and accomplished 24/7 monitoring of security.
- Matured cybersecurity against SAMA framework to level 3.
- Conducting Cybersecurity Awareness, trainings and phishing campaigns.
- Revamped and developed Security Frameworks, Policies, and Procedures.
- Manage vendors & NDAs.
- Mentored and coached junior staff to produce high-performing, quality team members and expertly led teams of five people to successfully achieve productivity KPIs.
Committee Cyber security Secretary
Malath Insurance
01.2024 - 07.2025
- Present to committee members for Cybersecurity posture in terms of governance.
- Presenting the security risks faced by Malath, providing advisory on enhancement of cybersecurity for risk mitigation.
- Recording minutes of the meeting and distributing to the relevant stakeholders.
Cyber Security Senior SOC Engineer (Defense Manager)
IGRC SQUARE
01.2023 - 07.2023
- Managing the Cyber Defense Centre and its resources.
- Supervising, coordinating and improving the incident management processes of security, monitoring alerts and reporting to customers, ensuring that appropriate and effective processes are used to respond to security alerts.
- Implementation of DLP, Data classification & DAM.
- Daily monitoring of data leakage.
- SAMA incident handling and following up. Vulnerability scan for database and network.
Cyber Security Engineer
Versatile Solution (ltd)
01.2021 - 01.2023
- Coordinating and conducting event collection, log management, and identity monitoring activities using the Splunk platforms.
- Performs all administration, management, configuration and testing.
- Developing, reviewing, and updating cybersecurity policies when the legislator issues new requirements, or when needed, and communicating and raising awareness of them with the stakeholders.
Programmer Teaching Assistant
Hood College
Fredrick
07.2018 - 07.2019
- Taught coding in Linganore High School in Frederick for Hour of Code.
- Interacted with students and responded to their inquiries.
IT help desk
The International House, Son Jose State University
San Jose
09.2015 - 09.2017
- Helping international student to set up their account and responding their queries.
- Assisting students with any issues involving their computer hardware, communications software, or computer applications.
- Troubleshoot network devices like routers and security devices.
IT Support Operator
Tibah Airports Operations Company
Al Madinah
09.2013 - 12.2014
- Install and maintain screen setup for airline for different countries in the airport.
- Support airline technical issues and troubleshot the screen issues.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science/Cyber Security
Hood College
Certification - Cyber Security
Hood College
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineer
Al Baha Private College of Science
Diploma of Higher Education - Network Technology
The associate degree of College of Technology
Skills
- CISM
- ISO 27001
- ISO 27005
- SAMA CSF
- NCA Regulations
- SOC Operation
- Software Lifecycle Management
- SIEM
- Critical thinking
- Problem solving
- Leadership
- Cybersecurity Management
- Cybersecurity Compliance
- Threat and Vulnerability Management
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
- Symantec DLP
- Endpoint
- PGP
- Cyber Security Certificate
Languages
Arabic
English
Timeline
Cyber securiy Expert
General Secrretariat of the National Risk Council
06.2025 - Current
Committee Cyber security Secretary
Malath Insurance
01.2024 - 07.2025
Senior Manager acting
Malath Insurance
08.2023 - 06.2025
Cyber Security Senior SOC Engineer (Defense Manager)
IGRC SQUARE
01.2023 - 07.2023
Cyber Security Engineer
Versatile Solution (ltd)
01.2021 - 01.2023
Programmer Teaching Assistant
Hood College
07.2018 - 07.2019
IT help desk
The International House, Son Jose State University
09.2015 - 09.2017
IT Support Operator
Tibah Airports Operations Company
09.2013 - 12.2014
Certification - Cyber Security
Hood College
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineer
Al Baha Private College of Science
Diploma of Higher Education - Network Technology
The associate degree of College of Technology
Master of Science - Computer Science/Cyber Security
Hood College
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