Muhammad Ayaz, Manager Information Security

Muhammad Ayaz

Manager Information Security

Web Interlinks LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Computer Science, Web Marketing
Experience
17 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 5 Months

Manager Information Security at Web Interlinks LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since October 2013

• Compliance Lead Auditor ISO/IEC 27001
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) qualified by ISACA
• Consultancy for the implementation of Information Security Management Systems according to ISO/IEC 27001:2013.
• All the consultancies were based on the delivery of solutions according to customers’ needs from a strategic and governance point of view. For the Risk Assessments, methodologies.
• Information Security Aspects of Business Continuity Management ISO 22301:2018
• Implement day-to-day standard operations assigned to ensure compliance with the established standards and procedures, System Improvements
• Perform yearly Internal Audit two times internal and External Auditors
• Supervise the activities and work of subordinates to ensure that all work within a specific area is carried out in an efficient manner and in compliance with the set policies, processes and procedures
• Assisted major government, business and financial organizations with review, implementation and maintenance of ISO 27001 certifications in the Middle East.
• Built a Cyber Security practice providing Managed Security Services to clients focusing on SIEM, Application Security, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability and Configuration review solutions
• Managing Virtualization at Web Interlinks to setup new vSphere Data Centre and vSphere Migration with complete accountability of planning, designing and implementation of new virtual environment
• Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) features remote control, patch management, operating system deployment, network protection and other various services.
• Implemented Disaster Recovery Mechanism, Plans, Procedures, and Policies
• Configuration and management of Dell CloudLink Key Management and Encryption for Private clouds
• Scheduled Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) Reporting and Management for Network nodes, OS, and Web Servers including Scripts backholes.
• Great Experience in network design and stable continuous NOC operations
• Supervising overall Network Security, Fatigue Firewall, IPS, IDS and Implementing GPs
• Alien Vault, Open Source SIEM (OSSIM), Solar Winds Log & Event Manager, Splunk Enterprise, Logrhythm
• Real-Time Analysis of Security Alerts using SIEM Tools
• Efficiently work on Multiple Projects
• Risk Assessment Management, and command on Vulnerability Assessment and Reporting, Incident Reporting using SIEM tools
• Inventory & Asset Management, Monitor Devices Health, Creating customized REPORTING, Software Tracking, Patching (mostly Spice Works, Net Brain, SYDI), continuously updating & Creating network documentation
• Optimizing network performance by updating hardware and software from time to time
• SQL Server Database Performance Monitoring, Analysis & Tuning
• Conduct audit activities ion a team leader capacity leveraging technology to ensure potential risks and issues are identified and to support in the development of proper control procedures.
• Contribute in the preparation of work plans, resource budget, timetable, communication plan and audit programs to ensure effective execution in compliance with policies and procedures.
• Implemented company policies, technical procedures and standards for preserving the integrity and security of data, reports and access.
• Providing cost and labor estimation for network expansion projects
• Evaluating network systems and implementing network solutions
• Collaborating with engineers, architects, vendors and consultants for developing strong IT solutions
• Diagnosed and troubleshoot Linux and Windows processing problems and applied solutions to increase company efficiency.
• Information Security Awareness Training for different IS Framework Programs meets all industry regulations, standards, and compliance requirements to corresponding enterprise wide departments.

IT Manager at World Wide Survey Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2005 to March 2012

• Defined and delivered network Security and implementation strategies and contributed in designing network
• Conduct audit activities ion a team leader capacity leveraging technology to ensure potential risks and issues are identified and to support in the development of proper control procedures.
• Contribute in the preparation of work plans, resource budget, timetable, communication plan and audit programs to ensure effective execution in compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Troubleshot and resolved complex network problems
• Handled escalated issues and presented reports to the management
• Planned, assessed, and mitigated network risks
• Researched, analyzed, and optimized speed of network system
• Evaluated vendor services and suggested change in vendor policies
• Troubleshooting and Solving Complex Network issues
• Windows Admin Center
• Data Centre implementations
• Monitoring and Performance Tuning
• Server Optimization
• Consolidation, Management and Implementation of a Database environment
• Windows Servers (Exchange Server, XAMPP Server, AD Servers), Windows XP, Active Directory, terminal servers and general desktop applications
• Strong Troubleshooting Skills
• Directly support the infrastructure and services
• Maintain and Manage IT environment
• Change, incident and problem management
• Experience providing Desktop support
• Drive a continuous improvement process, including postmortem reviews after production issues
• Tests and deploys new enterprise servers and services

Education

Master's degree, Computer Science, Web Marketing
  • at Hamdard Institute of Information Technology
  • December 2004
Bachelor's degree, Mathametics, Physics, Statastics
  • at Karachi University
  • December 1999

Science Student.

Specialties & Skills

Security Information Event Management SIEM
Information Security Management
Information Security
ISO 27001
Network Security
ECommerce
Digital Marketing
Active Directory
DNS Management
Windows Servers
Network Infrastructure
Systems Architect
Network Security
Virtualization
Information Security Management System
iso 27001

Languages

Urdu
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

ISACA
  • Professional Member, Attending Conferences
  • September 2019
EC Council
  • Professional Member
  • March 2016

Training and Certifications

Certified Information Systems Auditor (Certificate)
ISO 27001 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2020
CISSP (Training)
Training Institute:
Ripah University
Date Attended:
January 2020
Duration:
40 hours
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2019
CEHv9 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2016
Valid Until:
June 2019
MCSE-M (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2004
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • Cricket, Running, Swimming