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Ali Abu Taleb, SOC Lead

Ali Abu Taleb

SOC Lead·Gulf Bank

Kuwait

Master's degree, MBA

Work experience

Total years of experience: 12 years, 6 months

SOC Lead

January 2025 - Present

Gulf Bank

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

January 2025 - Present

Lead Security Operations Center (SOC) activities including threat detection, incident response, and automation.

Manage cybersecurity operations and coordinate log integrations for banking infrastructure.

Strengthen cyber resilience through proactive monitoring and threat hunting.
Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Banking

Senior Manager Cyber Security Assessment Unit

October 2021 - Present

Warba Bank

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

October 2021 - Present

Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) involves evaluating and testing computer systems, networks, services, and applications to identify and remediate security weaknesses.

Compliance:
Comply with policy and regulation for automated scans, security patching, and Penetration Testing.
PCI-DSS, ISO-27001, SWIFT CSP, CBK Framework.

Standards:
OWASP, CIS Benchmark

DevSecOps:
Automated security scans and patching, Continuous Integration and continues Delivery (CI/CD).

Security Awareness:
Sessions, Games, Videos, Phishing Campaign.
Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Information Technology

Penetration Tester

June 2018 - Present

Warba Bank

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

June 2018 - Present

Penetration testing for Web and Mobile Applications.
API Penetration Testing.
Physical Penetration Testing
Security Awareness.
Check Vulnerability and Patch Management
Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Security

Computer Trainer in Paaet

January 2021 - April 2021

Paaet

Janub as Surrah, Kuwait

January 2021 - April 2021

One semester trainer- teaching SQL subject for Paaet students.
Fundamental and Practical work.
All of this subjects has been given:

Create DB
Create Table
Insert Into Table
Query from a table
Join Tables
Alter tables (Modify)
Design Table (ERD)
Company industry:
Training & Education Center
Job role:
Teaching and Academics

System Analyst

September 2014 - January 2019

Warba Bank

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

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September 2014 - January 2019

E-Channels Application Support:
- Technical Team Leader in E-Channels projects.
- Technical Application Support for IVR & Online Application systems.
- Quality Testing..

- Troubleshooting:
XML Logs
Oracle and SQL Reports
Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Information Technology

Training

September 2013 - May 2014

Public Institution for Social Security

Al Kuwait, Kuwait

September 2013 - May 2014

The training program is focus on multiple programming languages provided by IBM professors. The Training is intensive 7 hours per a day 5 days per a week and the period is 7 months. The goal of the training is that teach a professional skills that let the trainee satisfy market needs especially private sector.
training Skills:

• Web Programming skills (HTML, JavaScript, Servlet, JSP, WebMatrix, C#, .Net, MySQL)

• Mobile Application Programming (IOS, Android, Windows Mobile)

• Desktop Application (Java, C#, Visual Basic)

• Database and Relations (My SQL, SQL Server, Access)

• Communication Skills (Body Language, Eye Contact, Voice, Tone)
Company industry:
Insurance & TPA
Job role:
Information Technology

Education

Gulf University For Science And Technology

June 2026

June 2026

Master's degree, MBA

Kuwait

MBA student expect graduation in June 26 and major concetration in FinTech.

Gulf University For Science And Technology

June 2025

June 2025

Higher diploma, MBA, FinTech Student

Kuwait

GPA (point): 3.7 out of 4

GPA (point): 3.7 out of 4

An MBA Student specializing in FinTech is a specialized graduate degree program that combines traditional business education with a focus on financial technology, providing students with the skills and knowledge needed to navigate the intersection of finance and technology and to drive innovation within the financial services industry.

American University of Kuwait

January 2013

January 2013

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

Kuwait

GPA (point): 2.89 out of 4

GPA (point): 2.89 out of 4

Major: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science 2013. GPA: 2.89/ 4.00

Skills

Mobile
Expert
Mobile
Expert
C#
Expert
C#
Expert
HTML5
Expert
HTML5
Expert
Java
Expert
Java
Expert
Programming
Expert
Programming
Expert
Analysis
Intermediate
Analysis
Intermediate
RESTful Services
Intermediate
RESTful Services
Intermediate
Application Quality Testing
Intermediate
Application Quality Testing
Intermediate
Integration
Intermediate
Integration
Intermediate
Ethical Hacking
Expert
Ethical Hacking
Expert
Vulnerability Scan
Expert
Vulnerability Scan
Expert
Mobile
Expert
Mobile
Expert
C#
Expert
C#
Expert
HTML5
Expert
HTML5
Expert
Java
Expert
Java
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certifications
GIAC GSOC
SANS
Aug 2025
COBIT 5
Sep 2019
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ECSA - Certified Security Analyst
Sep 2019
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Certified First Responder
Aug 2019
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Computer Hacking Forensics
Oct 2019
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Certified Ethical Hacker
Jul 2019
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Web and Mobile Application Development by IBM
Sep 2013
Certified Disaster Recovery Engineer by Mile2
Oct 2014
Training
Maximize your Leadership Potential
Nov 2022
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Technical Support
Internship
Jan 2013