Syed Asifuddin, Information Technology Security Analyst

Syed Asifuddin

Information Technology Security Analyst

Saudi Hollandi Bank

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, Master of Computer Applications
Experience
20 years, 0 Months

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Information Technology Security Analyst at Saudi Hollandi Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since January 2008

Monitoring ISS Proventia Appliance for all events from different network devices (Model No—GX-5108.).
Preparing incident reports (If any).
Continuous process of fine tuning of Proventia appliance for optimum performance.
Updating all necessary patches / XPU updates on the Proventia box.
Reviewing the system health and database activity on the Envision box.
Administration and Maintenance for all IPS appliances.
PIX Firewall administration and troubleshooting.
Juniper’s Netscreen Firewall Administration.
Windows/Aix/Solaris server scanning through Assuria System Scanner.
Content filtering & internet management of more than 1000 users using surf control email filter and web filter.
User security & access management using RSA, PKI and Cisco Secure ACS.
User management on Solaris, AIX machines with strong knowledge on Administration.
Possess knowledge of Tripwire.
Management of Syslog Servers with good troubleshooting knowledge.
RSA Secure-ID Administration and management.

IS Security Analyst at Riyad Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • December 2004 to December 2007

Presently working on Site Protector from Internet Security Systems, Monitoring Network Traffic, Implemented IPS Technology into Bank's Environment, Proventia GX series Appliance, comprising of 2 Network and 30+ Server Sensors, Policy maintenance, Implementation and testing. Vulnerability scanning of Solaris, AIX, windows machines.AAA Management,

Riyad bank is one of the largest banks in Saudi Arabia. Security Operation Center (SOC) is responsible for 24/7 security monitoring and support center. SOC team is 10 member team headed by SOC Manager.


Monitoring ISS Proventia Appliance (Site Protector) for all events from different network devices.
Analyzing the IPS events & preparing daily reports for the respective shifts.
Preparing all IDS incident reports (If any).
Continuous process of fine tuning of Proventia appliance for optimum performance.
Updating all necessary patches / XPU updates on the Proventia box.
Administration and Maintenance for all IPS appliances.
PIX Firewall administration and troubleshooting.
Juniper’s Netscreen Firewall Administration.
Maintaining access list on the firewall.
Windows/Aix/Solaris server scanning through Assuria System Scanner.
Content filtering & internet management of more than 1000 users using Websense.
User security & access management using RSA, PKI and Cisco Secure ACS.
User management on Solaris, AIX machines with strong knowledge on Administration.
Possess knowledge of Tripwire.
Monitoring Network through MRTG.
Management of Syslog Servers with good troubleshooting knowledge.

Network Administrator at Lumiere-Center
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2004 to December 2004

Was responsible for handling 4 servers, ISA Installation and Maintainence, Exchange 2003 Maintainance, User Management, Policy Implementation, Software Deployment through Group Policies, Backup Administration, Providing time limit access of internet to the users, Active Directory Maintainence, etc

Education

Master's degree, Master of Computer Applications
  • at Mesco Institute of Management and Computer Science
  • October 2002

Good Knowledge and Experience in the field of Computer Networking, has good exposure on Cisco Pix Firewalls, Security Implementation in the areas of Banking Environment.

Specialties & Skills

Computer Hardware Troubleshooting
Hardware Engineers
Information Design
Security
Cisco Pix Firewalls,Security Implementation,MCSE, CCNA, Hardware Engineering
CCIE Security

Languages

English
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Arabic
Beginner