Lutfi Al-Qassem, Section Head in IT Security : Access Control & Key Management

Lutfi Al-Qassem

Section Head in IT Security : Access Control & Key Management

Banque Saudi Fransi

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Diploma, Diploma degree in Computer Programming
Experience
23 years, 0 Months

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Section Head in IT Security : Access Control & Key Management at Banque Saudi Fransi
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since October 2012

IT security: Access control & Key Management Section.

Managing two units of access control and key management.
By setting up the goals and plans to derive the bank into most security mode.


• Managing access control
• Identity management
• Automating access request provision
• Implementing Role Based System
• Security access review
• Security Assessment
• Desktop & Servers security
• Privileged access repository (PAR)
• Single sign on (SSO)
• Key Management System
• PCI DSS & Pin security management

SENIOR SYSTEMS SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR / Senior Manager at Banque Saudi Fransi
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2004 to October 2012

 Head of Key Management and PIN Security
• Generation, Loading, Transferring, Renewal and Destruction of issuer public key (IPK) with card scheme.
• Reviewing EMV keys (inventory, key life cycle and activity).
• Preparing self audit assessment and questioners for PIN security life cycle structure to meet the PCI compliance.
• Reviewing and studying the best approach to comply with PCI requirements and completing the gap analysis.
• Defining best practice process to structure Keys life cycle, that includes generate, convey, load and destroy the encryption key.
• Maintaining Thales HSM7000, 8000, 9000.
• Managing and exchanging the keys with VISA, MasterCard and SAMA.

 Team Leader of Identity Management and End Point Security
• Setting up the objectives, time lines and projects plans.
• Initiating risk assessment report for BSF applications.
• Designing review process that includes (users, groups, profiles and share drives for BSF systems and servers).
• Managing and automating the systems requests (Rest password, Add, Modify and Delete User) using IMS (Identity Management System).
• Building IMS workflow and fixing application integration.
• Renewing SARIE Private Key and Id certification.
• Maintaining applications user access control.
• Maintaining SARIE workstations user access
• Review SARIE users access control, card inventory and user workstation.
• Applying workstation restriction & Local Admin Removal.
• Creating and designing systems profiles groups, and templates.

SYSTEMS SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR at Saudi Hollandi Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • July 2001 to March 2004

• About a three years experience of systems security administration. Unlocking, disabling, creating, modifying and deleting of user Ids as well as changing access rights, designing the systems security templates and users support.
• Keeping track of all terminated / transferring staff and revoke all their previews Ids, upon HR request.
• Granting/revoking Lotus Notes databases and groups to the users.
• Keeping track of all open root passwords and change them immediately by coordination with another systems security officer.
• Designing / writing user profile maintenance and accountability forms to comply with the security policy.
• Updating department consoles and servers with latest service pack and Norton Anti Virus Definition.
• As of quarterly updates, we are keeping track of all systems users with coordination with the system owner and users line manager.
• Managing "Centralize Finger Scan" project, arranging meetings with the QA, vender, IT Audits and Network engineer. Scheduling time frame of the finger scan project.
• Archiving SARIE Sybase audit trail.
• Periodically upon SAMA instruction we change private and public keys of SARIE HSM
• Upon SAMA contingency exercise we applied SARIE switch exercise from primary to SAMA.

Technical Consulting Engineer at Doha Computers
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • July 2000 to September 2000

• Developing and designing Doha computers web page.
• Giving training courses of operating systems, Microsoft windows and office.
• Troubleshooting and fixing computer software and hardware.

Education

Diploma, Diploma degree in Computer Programming
  • at (IPA) Instate of Public Administration
  • January 2002

• Leading a team in project of Najed Pharmacy System. • Developing Sales Management System for Computer Shop by Visual Basic. • Expert in programming at C++, Pascal, Visual Basic and COBOL. • Having presentation of Home/ LAN Wireless Network. • Installing and configuring Linux.

Bachelor's degree, Information Computer Science (ICS)
  • at (KFUPM) King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals
  • March 1999

• Senior level as completing 100 hours of the major courses.

Specialties & Skills

RSA Security
Security
Computer Security
Access Management
Key Management
Windows, Office, Unix,
Systems Security Admin
Developing Policy and Procedure
Active Dirctory, Lotus Notes, Mainframe, Stelink, Swift Alliance
SARIE TIF, Workstation Web sentry module
HSM (Thales)
Key Management
Identity Managment System
Access Workflow System
Security Access Control

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2006
Valid Until:
November 2006

Hobbies

  • Reading about new technologies in computer and smart phones, filming youtube of how to do new things
    Establishing Youtube channel to demonstrate new ideas and how to do in smart phones of Android.