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Luis Galvao, Head of Systems Engineering

Luis Galvao

Head of Systems Engineering·Prime Minister´s Office

United Arab Emirates

Master's degree, Management and Programming ofInformation Technology

Work experience

Total years of experience: 28 years, 3 months

Head of Systems Engineering

July 2018 - Present

Prime Minister´s Office

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

July 2018 - Present

• Designed and implemented Information Systems architecture for the office supported infrastructures (physical
datacenters, IaaS, PaaS and SaaS) supporting corporate, gov-to-user and gov-to-gov services.
• Implemented Server, Identity, Database, and centralized Configuration Management and Monitoring across distinct,
infrastructure, network operating systems; Deployed monitoring of applications, systems and dependencies;
Configured certificate and federation services based authentication for systems and users.
• Performed health and configuration assessments, improved configuration baselines and operating processes.
• Managed day-to-day activities and operations related to Information Systems function (Systems, Networking and
Database Administration) teams, with individual and team objectives and performance evaluation.
• SME to architectural, analytical, and technical requirements in the design or improvement of systems.
• Created architecture, operating procedures, guidelines to support operations and incident response. Developed
baseline configurations for Operating Systems and Business Applications. Implemented, governed, automated and
measured security and update management for Systems, Network and applications.
• Implemented DevOps code, build and release management of the Office projects, with automated build and
deployment of Microsoft, Linux, Android and iOS applications.
• Deployed a Least Privileged Mode and OnDemand access and management solution, including role based, JiT, JeA
and PAM. Automated the user provisioning and de-provisioning process according to HRMS system operations.
• Implemented and managed centralized NOC across all managed infrastructures.
• Expanded the supported technologies for Web and Database system to support most common flavors.
• Performed Capacity management of systems across multiple datacenters including physical and virtual datacenters,
adopted cloud-based systems (public and community based virtual datacenters) in IaaS, PaaS and SaaS models.

Company industry:
Public Administration
Job role:
Information Technology

Head of Cyber Security

July 2017 - Present

Prime Minister´s Office

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

July 2017 - Present

• Developed and implemented Information Security measures and controls in the organization in line with UAE and
industry’s best practices (UAE NCRMF, ISO27001:2013, NIST) and Business Continuity Management (ISO23301).
• Performed organizational and system security and risk assessments, threat hunting exercises, blue team web
application assessments.
• Managed the day-to-day activities and operations related to Information Security function (Security Controls
Administration, Security Operation Center) teams, with individual and team objectives and performance evaluation.
• Subject Matter Expert on security recommendations to identify gaps and improvement areas, as result architectural
reviews, security incidents or security risk assessments.
• Implemented vulnerability assessment controls across all systems in multiple datacenters (physical and virtual, public
and community cloud based virtual datacenters) in IaaS, PaaS and SaaS models.
• Configured SIEM, UEBA and deception systems for identification of security incidents; Used security intelligence
sources and automated controls to IOCs; Created and implemented a security incident management process.
• Deployed and configured an Application Control security control whitelisting approved only processes on client and
server systems (Windows, Linux, MacOS), EDR and Anti-Malware solutions on all client and server systems.
• Configured secure remote access through 2FA authentication, Federated Authentication, AlwaysON and SSL VPN.
• Created awareness and security training material for employees, contractors and technology department team.

Company industry:
Public Administration
Job role:
Information Technology

Senior Manager Information Security Audit

June 2016 - June 2017

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

June 2016 - June 2017

• Coached and guided Managers, Assistant Managers and Auditors to ensure that Information Security Systems Audits
carried out in systematic and professional manner, with in-depth risk management approach, ensuring architecture,
processes and technical implementation of corporate security policies and controls are followed.
• Planned and executed audits in accordance with the bank’s established audit standards; improved these where
appropriate. Implemented CaaT tools to assist in the internal auditing process. Performed review and improvement
recommendations of policies, procedures and special assignments.

Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Management

Chief Security Advisor

January 2016 - June 2017

Al Hosn Information

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

January 2016 - June 2017

• Chief Security Advisor for Cyber Security technologies; delivered high-value proactive services, providing Security Advisory to Information Officers for IT and OT security
• Assessed IT, IS and SOC configuration and governance according to UAE NCRMF, NIST, ISO27001:2013 and ADSIC.
• Executed pre-sales for cyber security services and solutions, improvement roadmaps, creation and preparation of proposals and SOW.

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Associate Chief Security Advisor

October 2008 - December 2015

Microsoft

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

October 2008 - December 2015

• Delivered high-value proactive services and Security Advisory to Information Officers for IT and OT security on Microsoft, Open source and 3rd party security intelligence, across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia. Performed system architectures, security roadmaps, risk management, security assessments, compliance reviews, workshops, health checks and knowledge transfer sessions.
• Regional Technical Lead for MEA Security offerings and engineers; program manager, project manager, contributor and reviewer in the creation of Security Assessments for Active Directory, Windows Server, Windows Client, Exchange, SharePoint, SQL and IIS, ISO27001 gap assessment, workshops securing windows active directory, securing windows server 2012, securing windows client, Security Incident Response; PoC’s for Advanced Threats Analytics, Enterprise Mobility Services and Cloud services, windows 10 security; health checks for IIS, TMG and UAG.
• Developed Business of Information Security services and IP, growing the services deliveries from 30/yr to 1450/yr over a four-year period, representing services sales growth above 15M USD.
• Executed pre-sales for cyber security solutions and services, landing several security projects above 6M USD/3yr contracts.
• Developed controls to mitigate security risks on Microsoft products and infrastructures, identity credential theft and cloud solutions (LAPS).
• Lead and managed a team of security engineers across EMEA and ASIA; Business Operations Manager, Master trainer, Technical leader and Mentor - Team growth in MEA and ASIA increased by 700% over a four-year period.
• Provided external and internal training to executives, technical and user audiences; presented in public events, such as UAE information security symposium, Qatar QITCOM, UAE partner security training, Qatar cyber security summit as well as in Microsoft internal events such as GeekReady, TechReady and TechED Middle East.
• Implemented Secure Software Development Lifecycle and performed threat modeling to projects and systems.
• Performed forensics response for security incident reactive requests as member of first responder team.
• Implemented security operations center program over client's information technology systems, reducing SIR cost from 75%.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Premier Field Engineer

March 2006 - September 2008

Microsoft

Lisbon, Portugal

March 2006 - September 2008

• Performed risk assessments, vulnerability assessments and risk-based security reviews / audit for applications,
databases, operating systems and network devices.
• Investigated, determined causes, documented, and classified information security incidents.
• Delivered external training to technical and user audiences; presented in Microsoft External Events: TechDays Portugal.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Systems Consultant

May 2004 - March 2006

Novabase IIS

Lisbon, Portugal

May 2004 - March 2006

• Worked as Systems Consultant for complex environments in Microsoft, Novel and Lotus Domino technologies and performed several migration projects from Lotus Domino to Exchange, SharePoint and Novel eDirectory to Microsoft Active Directory identity.
• Conducted information security risk assessment programs, reviewed compliance with IS policies.
• Administered and implemented Microsoft infrastructures, with special focus in secure online banking solutions involving Operations Manager, Windows Server, Commerce and IIS web services.
• Presented & exhibited at Microsoft TechDays 2005 at the Lisbon Congress Center.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Chief Information Officer

March 1998 - April 2004

Brandia Networks Group

Lisbon, Portugal

March 1998 - April 2004

• Managed the implementation, maintenance and operations of the IT infrastructure and support of a multi company
cluster organization.
• Implemented group’s Information Security Management System (ISMS), with Governance, security controls and user
training & awareness programs.
• Managed an heterogenous Information Systems environment including Novel, Microsoft, Lotus Domino, UNIX, Apple
& FreeBSD technologies, and a team of administration and support staff.

Company industry:
Advertising
Job role:
Information Technology

Education

IMF Business School and Universidad Camilo José Cela

May 2022

May 2022

Master's degree, Management and Programming ofInformation Technology

Spain

CyberSecurity

Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa

July 1998

July 1998

Bachelor's degree, Electrical And Control Engineering

Portugal

ESDACF

June 1995

June 1995

High school or equivalent, Management and Programming of Information Technology

Portugal

Skills

CISSP
Expert
CISSP
Expert
IT Governance
Expert
IT Governance
Expert
IT Security
Expert
IT Security
Expert
Cloud Computing
Expert
Cloud Computing
Expert
Risk Management
Expert
Risk Management
Expert
INFORMATION SECURITY
Expert
INFORMATION SECURITY
Expert
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Expert
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Expert
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Expert
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Expert
MICROSOFT WINDOWS
Expert
MICROSOFT WINDOWS
Expert
POLICY ANALYSIS
Expert
POLICY ANALYSIS
Expert
RISK MANAGEMENT
Expert
RISK MANAGEMENT
Expert
ACTIVE DIRECTORY
Expert
ACTIVE DIRECTORY
Expert
BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Expert
BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Expert
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
Expert
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
Expert
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
Expert
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
Expert
CISSP
Expert
CISSP
Expert
IT Governance
Expert
IT Governance
Expert
IT Security
Expert
IT Security
Expert
Cloud Computing
Expert
Cloud Computing
Expert
Risk Management
Expert
Risk Management
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
French
Expert
Portuguese
Expert
Spanish
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certifications
ISO 27001:2013 Lead Implementer
CISA
Jan 2016
CISSP

Hobbies

  • Nature
    Cycling Off roading
  • Reading
    Culture Creativity
  • Traveling
    Personal enrichment Exposure to other costumes and habits Cultural knowledge