Ali Abu Taleb, Senior Manager Cyber Security Assessment Unit

Ali Abu Taleb

Senior Manager Cyber Security Assessment Unit

Warba Bank

Location
Kuwait
Education
Higher diploma, MBA, FinTech Student
Experience
10 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :10 years, 6 Months

Senior Manager Cyber Security Assessment Unit at Warba Bank
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since October 2021

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.

Penetration Tester at Warba Bank
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since June 2018

Penetration testing for Web and Mobile Applications.
API Penetration Testing.
Physical Penetration Testing
Security Awareness.
Check Vulnerability and Patch Management

Computer Trainer in Paaet at Paaet
  • Kuwait - Janub as Surrah
  • January 2021 to 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)

System Analyst at Warba Bank
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • September 2014 to 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

Training at Public Institution for Social Security
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • September 2013 to 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)

Education

Higher diploma, MBA, FinTech Student
  • at Gulf University For Science And Technology
  • June 2025

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.

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at American University of Kuwait
  • January 2013

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

Specialties & Skills

Programming
Programming
Analysis
RESTful Services
Application Quality Testing
Integration
Ethical Hacking
Vulnerability Scan

Languages

English
Intermediate
Arabic
Expert

Training and Certifications

Maximize your Leadership Potential (Training)
Training Institute:
Center for Creative Leadership
Date Attended:
November 2022
COBIT 5 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2019
ECSA - Certified Security Analyst (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2019
Certified First Responder (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2019
Computer Hacking Forensics (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2019
Certified Ethical Hacker (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2019
Web and Mobile Application Development by IBM (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
Certified Disaster Recovery Engineer by Mile2 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
Technical Support (Training)
Training Institute:
Internship
Date Attended:
January 2013