Fen Mathew, Practice Consultant

Fen Mathew

Practice Consultant

Intertec Systems

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Information Science
Experience
15 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 3 Months

Practice Consultant at Intertec Systems
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since March 2018

 Implementation and Compliance to NESA and DGISR Requirements
 Implementation and Maintenance of ISMS and ITSM Practices for Managed Service Customer
 IT Security Capability mapping and solution review
 Implementation of Governance framework for Information Security
 Technical Pre-Sales for IT Security products

IT Security Architect- Enterprise Architect at Riyad Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • August 2015 to February 2018

♣ Perform IT Security Architecture and Process design (Network Security, Endpoint Security, IDM, Application Security and/or Data Protection) throughout IT Security Life Cycle
♣ Conduct security assessment/review of current IT Security Architecture inclusive of but not limited to internal security architecture, perimeter security, wireless security, data center security, endpoint and mobile security to identify potential weaknesses and provide recommendation to address the identified gaps
♣ Ability to effectively and efficiently transform business objectives into security architecture and process design by leading cross enterprise architecture work, collaborating with technical and business stakeholders to address risks while achieving business objectives, meeting regulatory requirements and addressing emerging technologies
♣ Collaborate with the other units in the bank as appropriate to formulate and promulgate bank wide best practices and standards for security of information systems 
♣ Ensure security requirements through bank projects life cycle and ensure security standards are followed across project lifecycle
♣ Identifying key technologies, capabilities, solutions and systems to implement the security architecture
♣ Defining policies, standards and procedures to manage associated risks
♣ Defining and documenting security services, processes, information flows, high-level design and technical standards in line with SABSA and ISO27001 methodology
♣ Simplifying the existing architecture, identifying reusable services and cost saving opportunities
♣ Conduct risk assessment and provide recommendation for risk mitigation

Information Security Manger at Riyad Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2015 to August 2015

♣ Developed IS risk assessment methodology in-line with ISO31000 and ISO27005
♣ IT and IS Risk Assessment for critical banking application
♣ Developing Information Security policy to meet SAMA, PCI DSS and ISMS requirement
♣ Information Security risk reporting and management acceptance & communication
♣ PCI-DSS v3.1 gap assessment and maintaining certification requirements

Information Security Consultant at Paladion Networks
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • June 2012 to March 2015

 Implementation of ISO27001 standard & conducting risk assessment
 Implementation of ISO20000 standard & conducting ISO20000 Gap assessment
 Secure network architecture design and reviews
 Technical vulnerability assessment & network penetration testing
 Conducting PCI-DSS gap assessment and implementation of PCI-DSS certification requirements
 Designing appropriate enterprise security controls & compliance checks for several technology platforms
 Developing secure configuration documents for several technology platforms
 Business continuity planning/ITDR implementation

Security Analyst at Netsentries
  • India - Bengaluru
  • June 2010 to June 2012

• Monitor and advice on information security issues related to the systems, to ensure the internal security controls for the clients are appropriate and operating as intended.
• Vulnerabilities Assessment using automated tools, Configuration/Compliance Audits using scripts and checklists on servers and network devices.
• Develop and publish Information Security policies, procedures and guidelines based on knowledge of best practices and compliance requirements.
• Conducted internal security audits.
• Create, manage and maintain user security awareness.
• Configuration Management of Cisco Devices, Checkpoint Firewall, UTM (Unified Threat Management).
• Trained candidates (predominantly working professionals) in multiple format namely classroom based training and fast track (one on one) intensive training towards achieving their Cisco CCNA, CCNA-Security, CEH Certifications.

Brand Planner at SCION India
  • India - Bengaluru
  • February 2009 to May 2010

• Responsible for developing Brand Strategy for various clients across India
• Responsible for conducting product survey and presenting feedbacks to clients
• Management and Coordination of events as per client requirement.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Information Science
  • at H.K.B.K College Bangalore, Vishveshwarya Technological University, Karnataka
  • July 2009

Bachelor of Engineering, Information Science, 2009, H.K.B.K College Bangalore, Vishveshwarya Technological University, Karnataka, India

Specialties & Skills

Network Security
PCI DSS
ISO 27001
Consultant Coordination
Security Audits
PCI-DSS
INFORMATION SECURITY
INTERNAL AUDIT
IS AUDIT
ISO 27001
IT INFRASTRUCTURE
Networking
IT Security Architecture
IT Architecture

Languages

Hindi
Expert
Malayalam
Expert
English
Expert
Kannada
Expert
Tamil
Expert
Urdu
Beginner

Memberships

ISACA
  • Member
  • January 2013

Training and Certifications

Certified Information System Auditor - CISA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2013
Valid Until:
December 2016
SABSA SCF- Security Architect (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2017
Cisco Certified Network Associate-CCNA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2011
Valid Until:
September 2014
EC-Council Certified Security Analyst – ECSA- LPT (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2012
Valid Until:
June 2020
Certified Ethical Hacker – CEH (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2012
Valid Until:
June 2020
ISO27001 Lead Auditor (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2013
Valid Until:
March 2030
Certified Information Systems Security Professional- CISSP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2017
Valid Until:
April 2020