AHMED SAID-AZZA, CISO & BCP Manager (Head of IT Security and Business Continuity department)

AHMED SAID-AZZA

CISO & BCP Manager (Head of IT Security and Business Continuity department)

Gulf Bank Algeria, branche of Burgan bank / KIPCO Group

Location
Algeria - Algiers
Education
High school or equivalent, MBA
Experience
24 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :24 years, 1 Months

CISO & BCP Manager (Head of IT Security and Business Continuity department) at Gulf Bank Algeria, branche of Burgan bank / KIPCO Group
  • Algeria - Algiers
  • My current job since November 2014

Duties:
- Developed IT Security & Business Continuity Frameworks to reduce risks in business processes, enhance information security, and comply with regulatory requirements
- Implemented new security policy based on ISO 27001 and ISO 22301 framework adopted company-wide
- Developed methodologies to perform risk assessment, business impact analysis, and security assurance to improve systems and operational security
- Develop security mechanism as SOC (Security Operational Centre) to reduced Cyber Security attacks.
- Conduct Threat and Risk Assessments to assess business and technology risks.
- Conduct audit and pen testing mission
- Creation and deployment of Security Awareness Program, Computer Incident Response Team, and
Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity Plans to safeguard the bank

Network & IT security correspondent / IT Security Control manager at Société Générale Algérie Bank
  • Algeria - Algiers
  • September 2011 to November 2014

- Conduct network Security audits
- Develop security IT Security Policies
- Implement and manage IT Security solutions (SIEM, HSM, WEBGATEWAY, FW, QUALYS)
- Maintain IT Security Dashboard/Reports for IT manager, Bank & Group (Paris)

Senior Network Administrator
  • November 2008 to August 2011

Organising IT teams, planning and executing projects, Managing and purchasing IT equipment’s and
servers.

Senior Network Administrator (IT Manager of Head Office (Algiers) at ELSEWEDY CABLE ALGERIA
  • Algeria - Algiers
  • November 2008 to April 2011

Organising IT teams, planning and executing projects, Managing and purchasing IT equipment’s and
servers.

Lecturer at SAAD DAHLAB university BLIDA
  • November 2008 to January 2011
IT Administrator at SONELGAZ
  • Algeria - Algiers
  • April 2001 to November 2008

IT Maintenance, Managing IT Servers (Active Directory, Mail, Routers, Databases, …etc.), Website
conception
- Developing internal Training Management Application using centralized access and database (Oracle +

Trainer
  • April 2000 to April 2001

Education

High school or equivalent, MBA
  • at Université Paris Dauphine
  • January 2017

Specialties & Skills

Security Policy
Security Audits
ACTIVE DIRECTORY
MANAGEMENT
PURCHASING
ROUTERS
Business Continuity
Information Security

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
French
Native Speaker
English
Expert