Faisal Muneer Awan, Manager IT Security

Faisal Muneer Awan

Manager IT Security

MCB Bank Limited

Lieu
Oman - Muscat
Éducation
Diplôme, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Expérience
21 years, 2 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :21 years, 2 Mois

Manager IT Security à MCB Bank Limited
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • Je travaille ici depuis octobre 2011

As a Manager IT Security, my job responsibilities includes but not limited to the following:

* Development and refinement of policies and procedures
* Ensure the enforcement of Information Security Policy
* Lead Implementer in PCI-DSS Project with consultancy from Trustwave
* Conducting vulnerability scanning and coordinating in remediation
* Coordinating the BCP/DR plans and DR drills for the information systems
* Coordinating the activities of the IT/IS auditors
* Serving as an internal information security consultant to the organization
* DB & Network monitoring through IBM InfoSphere & Cisco ACS
* Security assessments of applications and projects
* Facilitating external auditors for conducting the annual audits
* Manage the compliance operations regarding the statutory and regulatory compliance
* Facilitating and promoting activities to create information security awareness within the bank
* Monitoring the internal control systems to ensure their adequacy and appropriateness

ICT Security Specialist à Oman Airports Management Company (OAMC)
  • Oman - Muscat
  • Je travaille ici depuis mai 2014

* Managing SIEM (LogRhythm) and fine tuning as per organization need and security use cases
* Defining and configuring Data Leakage policies within the DLP solution (Device Lock DLP).
* Providing internal development team guidelines on secure coding best practices
* Conducting periodic Vulnerability assessments for information systems (Tenable & Acunetix)
* Providing consultancy to internal teams for remediation of security risks
* Building security configuration baselines for ICT systems based on industry benchmarks
* Handling security incidents and providing reports to the management
* Facilitating third party penetration testing and security assessment
* Selection of suitable security solutions to protect the information assets of OAMC
* Contributing in annual risk assessment exercise for ISMS project

Assistant IT Manager à Avari Hotels International
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • février 2011 à octobre 2011

As an Assistant IT Manager, I was responsible for:

*Leading the IT Operations team.
*Management of IT projects and keeping higher management informed of project progress and issues.
*Plan and manage allocation of IT resources including budget, personnel and equipment.
*Anticipate future IT needs and identify proactive solutions to meet organization’s needs.
*Making Backup Schedules & Disaster Recovery Plans.
*Compliance testing of internal IT controls.
*Updating documents relating the Change Management Process, Technical Manuals.
*Information Security awareness trainings for the staff.

System Administrator à Avari International Hotels
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • avril 2006 à janvier 2011

*Managing and troubleshooting the network of over 400 nodes.
*Administrating Wi-Fi Network available throughout the hotel with Cisco's Aironet 1100 Access Points managed through WLSE (Wireless LAN Solution Engine)
*Squid on RedHat Linux as proxy server with DSL connectivity.
*ISA Server 2004/2006, VPOP3 Mail Relay Agent
*Attendance Management System using Biomatrics
*Electronic Door Locks (Onity) & Electronic Safes and their computerized management.
*Hotel Management System (Micros Fidelio/Opera)
*Micros Point of Sales Restaurant Management System.
*Sun Accounting Systems and Stocks/Inventory Management System.
*End point security management.
*Backups and recovery operations

System Administrator à Avari Dubai Hotel
  • Émirats Arabes Unis
  • mars 2009 à juin 2009

During my visit to Avari Dubai Hotel, I was responsible to manage the IT Department and to roll-out of following projects:
*Implementation of Interactive TV Project.
*Opera (Hospitality Management System) in Multi Property Setup.
*BCP/DR

System Support Engineer à Computer World
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • février 2003 à mars 2006

* Administration of Active Directory
* Configuration of DHCP, DNS, IIS, FTP, NTP
* Symantec Corporate Edition (Managed Antivirus)
* Installation & troubleshooting of packages and OS

Éducation

Diplôme, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
  • à Moody International / IRCA
  • avril 2011

Certificate Number: 100727

Diplôme, ITIL v3 Foundation
  • à OGC / EXIN
  • mars 2011
Diplôme, Certified Information Systems Auditor
  • à ISACA
  • février 2011

Certificate Number: 1191430

Master, Computer Networks & Data Communications
  • à Superior College
  • juillet 2004

Specialties & Skills

Vulnerability
Awareness
PCI DSS
IT/IS Audit Compliance
Information Security Management
PCI-DSS
Regulatory Compliance
Information Security Policy

Langues

Anglais
Moyen
Urdu
Expert

Formation et Diplômes

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
December 2011
Valide jusqu'à:
December 2011
ISO 27001 Lead Implementer (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
November 2011
Valide jusqu'à:
November 2011
Introduction to COBIT (v4.1) (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
January 2012
Valide jusqu'à:
January 2012
PCI DSS Training - Technical Track (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
October 2011
Valide jusqu'à:
October 2011