Syed Sajjad Jaffar Rizvi, Information Security Officer

Syed Sajjad Jaffar Rizvi

Information Security Officer

Al Etihad Credit Bureau

Location
United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
Education
Master's degree, Information Technology
Experience
11 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 11 Months

Information Security Officer at Al Etihad Credit Bureau
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since September 2021

Ensure security measures are followed within the company to make sure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of IT systems was
maintained.
 Manage and improve information security documentation as required
 Work with other operational teams to resolve incidents and report on events
 Provide support during and lead security event investigations when required
 Understanding of electronic security event management, investigation, and methodologies. Including: log correlation and analysis,
knowledge of the computer security investigative processes
 Research and test new security tools/products and make recommendations.
 Provide real-time guidance on network configuration, security settings and policies, and attack mitigation procedures.
 Ensure that vulnerabilities and threats detected are remediated.
 Recommends security controls based on threats detected and vulnerabilities discovered to better protect Company data, confidentiality
and business continuity.
 Ensure audit trails, system logs and other monitoring data sources are reviewed periodically and comply with policies and audit
requirements.
 Consult with IT to ensure that security is factored into the evaluation, selection, installation and configuration of hardware,
applications and software.
 Recommend and coordinate the implementation of technical controls to support and enforce defined security policies.

Information Security Analyst at Habib Bank AG Zurich
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2015 to September 2021

• First line malware analysis incident responder.
• Monitoring & Implementing SIEM solution
• Examines malicious software, such as bots, worms, and Trojans to understand the nature of their threat and prepare report
• Analyze security products in industries such as Antivirus or Network Intrusion Prevention to develop ways of blocking malicious code
• Perform Vulnerability Assessment & Management.
• Validate implementation of controls to protect C.I.A
• Provide & document patch updates for software

Information Security Analyst at Trillium Information Security Systems
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • April 2014 to November 2015

Review, implement and monitor security policies, procedures, standards and guidelines
 Designed a more efficient reporting system to facilitate identification of threats to financial, operational and IT risks to sensitive customer and corporate information, enabling prompter action as issues are identified.
 Review, implement and monitor security policies, procedures, standards and guidelines stored.
 Implemented a comprehensive set of network monitoring applications that provided early warning of information system issues that minimized downtime and increased performance for business partners.
 Analyzed, recommended, and coordinated the installation of security software, hardware.

Project Manager at Impact Hub Dubai
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2013 to January 2014

Provided thorough support and problem resolution for customers environment
Supported customers having data connectivity issues.
Informed customers about issue resolution progress.
Researched issues on various computer systems and databases to resolve complaints and answer inquiries.
Trained new employees and explained protocols clearly and efficiently.
Built and maintained successful relationships with service providers, dealers and consumers.
Resolved customer complaints and concerns with strong verbal and negotiation skills.
Provided base level IT support to company personnel

Network Engineer at CommTel System LLc
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • March 2012 to January 2013

Prepared the overall security plan and managed the security operations of the organization, including assignments and staffing.
 Monitored the performance of the security units installed in the firm and reported the shortcomings to the clients
 Researched market constantly to gain knowledge of the latest trends in security system implementation and possible security threat
 Recommended installations of new/ latest security systems or a possible up-gradation in the existing systems.
 Maintained and conducted a routine checkup of several sites in the firm and analyzed shortcomings present in it

Education

Master's degree, Information Technology
  • at Institute of Business & Technology
  • November 2015

Studying MS-IT on Scholarship program of year 2014.

Bachelor's degree, Compueter Science
  • at Federal University Of Arts, Science & Technology (FUUAST)
  • July 2012

Honor For Event organizing for the year 2012

Specialties & Skills

Problem Solving
Collaborative Problem Solving
Plan Implementation
Security
Team Leadership
DATABASE
FIREWALL
PROBLEM SOLVING
SECURITY
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
Information Security Management ISF

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Intermediate

Memberships

Open Web Application Security Project
  • Technical Coordinator
  • March 2013

Training and Certifications

McAfee Firewall Enterprise (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2012
Valid Until:
May 2012
ITIL V3 Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2012
Valid Until:
December 2012
Certified Information System Security Officer (CISSO) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2012
Valid Until:
October 2012
Cisco Certified Network Admininstrator Security (CCNA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2011
Valid Until:
September 2011

Hobbies

  • Computer Forensics & Security
    Have found vulnerability in LinkedIn website login such as Credential Issue by using Security tools..