Abdullah Saeed, Information Security Engineer

Abdullah Saeed

Information Security Engineer

Secure Tech Cards (Pvt) Limited

Location
Pakistan - Islamabad
Education
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology And Computer Science
Experience
2 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :2 years, 10 Months

Information Security Engineer at Secure Tech Cards (Pvt) Limited
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • My current job since December 2022

Plan, develop, implement and update the Information Security Policy & related documents
 Plan, develop, implement and update the Risk Management process and its related
implementation
 To ensure Compliance, in-line with International Standards and Security best practices
 To ensure & supervise the Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration testing exercises are conducted
and all the identified vulnerabilities are shared with the relevant teams for mitigation
 Develop, execute and track the performance of security measures to protect the information
assets
 To ensure Information Security Awareness training to employees with frequent intervals
 Performs other related tasks as assigne

Officer Information Security Assurance at MCB Bank Limited
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • November 2021 to November 2022

 Perform Vulnerability Assessment (VA) to identify information security related lapses in the
organization and assist asset owner in remediation of vulnerabilities under the supervision of
line manager
 Development of information/cyber security related policies, procedures, framework and Sop’s,
regulator’s guidelines/instructions while covering Pakistan and overseas operations (Bahrain,
UAE, Sri Lanka)
 Provide technical expertise/support in the areas of System and Application security
 Ensure compliance with information security best practices introduced by the regulator (SBP,
CBSL, SWIFT, PCI DSS, NESA, ISO 27001 and Information Assurance.)
 Web Application Pentesting OWASP Top10
 Server and Network Pentesting
 Vulnerability Assessment and Pentest Reporting

Ethical Hacker Internship at Programmers Force
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • June 2021 to September 2021

Web Application Pentesting
 Network Pentesting
 Scripting (Bash, Python)
 Working on Linux web-servers (Nginx, Apache etc.)
 Working on Linux firewall (IP-Tables)
 Penetration Testing based on OWASP Top 10 guide.
 Policies review and creating new policies as needed
 Penetration Testing Reporting
 Working on Basic and Advance Dockers

Education

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology And Computer Science
  • at University Of Sargodha
  • December 2019

Specialties & Skills

Information Security Policy
ISO 27001
Compliance
Vulnerability Management
IT Risk
SQL Language
Python Programming language
Networking
Knowledge of Risk Management and its implementation
Knowledge of GSMA SAS and its related implementation
Knowledge of ISO 27001 and its related implementation
PCI DSS
Security Assessment and Testing
Knowledge of International Standards security best practices
Technical Analysis
Software Development Security
Web Application Penetration Testing
Knowledge of Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration testing
Security Risk Analysis
CIS Critical Security Controls
Web Application Security

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2022
ISO/IEC 27001 Implementer - Information Security Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2023
Valid Until:
June 2026

Hobbies

  • Information Security