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Sonit Thakur, Head Of Cyber Security (CISO) & SOC Lead

Sonit Thakur

Head Of Cyber Security (CISO) & SOC Lead·Confidential

India

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

Work experience

Total years of experience: 16 years, 9 months

Head Of Cyber Security (CISO) & SOC Lead

August 2019 - Present

Confidential

Lagos, Nigeria

August 2019 - Present

- (Energy, Oil & Gas)
The Company is one of the largest Oil and Gas exploration and extraction company in Lagos, Nigeria in Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream. Managing and ensuring security for 37+ sites, HQ, 5000 users and 5000+ devices.
•Cybersecurity greenfield program initiation, implementation of baseline for IT operations, processes, assets, and network.
•Evaluation, selection, and implementation of suitable SIEM, SOAR with UEBA.
•SOC operations SIEM, SOAR and UEBA management. Enhancing and fine tuning with new use cases and amendments.
•Devising Correlation rules & policies to capture violations and threats.
•Threat hunting & threat modeling to improvise SOC operations using SIEM and EDR.
•Evaluation, selection and implementation of Zscaler Cloud Proxy solution and integration.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Information Technology

October 2017 - August 2019

Radix Projects Pvt. Ltd

October 2017 - August 2019

The Company takes out earth work, civil projects in government areas like dams, hydro power plants etc. My profile includes below.

•Cyber Security Planning and Implementation.
•Implementation of Security Products.
•Alien-Vault SIEM Implementation.
•Evaluation, selection and implementation of Zscaler Cloud Proxy solution and integration
•Devising Correlation rules & policies.
•Developed secured build checklists for Servers, endpoints, switches, routers and firewalls based on CIS & NIST controls.
•Vulnerability assessment and management.
•Evaluation and implementation of UEBA solution (Teramind)
•Threat hunting & Threat Modeling
•Implementation of endpoint security solutions with DLP.
•Implementation & management of Kaspersky MDM
•IT policy designing and Enforcement.
•Firewall administration and monitoring.
•Dark Web Research
•Network administration and monitoring.
•Network & Information Security Monitoring.
•IT Infrastructure Management.
•ERP evaluation and implementation.
•Data Leak Prevention
•User Access Control Administration & Monitoring
•Backup and Disaster Recovery planning.
•Cyber security training.

Head/Manager IT

January 2012 - January 2017

Alpha Corp Development Pvt. Ltd

India

January 2012 - January 2017

Worked as head of IT infrastructure and operations. Responsible for planning, evaluation, procurement, and implementation of all IT related requirements also responsible for configuration and administration of Network, Servers, and Firewalls as per the company's functionality and changes. Current profile includes:

•Cyber Security Planning and Governance.
•Implementation of Security Products.
•IT Infrastructure & Security Internal Audits & Pilferage mitigation.
•Defining and enforcing cybersecurity policy and controls.
•ISMS and Cyber security Assessment and Implementation.
•Developed secured build checklists for Servers, endpoints, switches, routers, and firewalls based on CIS & NIST controls.
•Vulnerability assessment and management.
•Implementation and management of McAfee DLP.
•Implementation, configuration, and integration of SPAM filters.
•ERP (In4Suite) deployment and administration.
•Access Control Administration & Monitoring
•Data Leak Prevention deployment.
•Backup and Disaster Recovery Administration
•Antivirus E.P.O. Deployment & Administration
•Firewall administration and monitoring.
•Datacenter management with 10+ Servers.
•Ransomware and Malwares reverse engineering.
•Network administration and monitoring.
•Network & Information Security Monitoring.
•Windows Server 2008 R2 Administration
•Windows Server 2012 R2 Administration
•Windows Exchange Server 2010 Administration

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Information Technology

Head/Manager

December 2010 - March 2012

All Saints Hong Kong Ltd

December 2010 - March 2012

Responsible for planning, evaluation, procurement, and implementation of all IT related requirements also responsible for configuration and administration of Network and Firewalls. Profile included:
•ERP (FastTrack) Deployment & Administration.
•Firewall administration and monitoring.
•Network administration and monitoring.
•Network & Information Security Monitoring.
•IT Policy and governance.
•IT Budgeting & Procurement.
•IT Infrastructure Management (Servers / Routers / Applications).
•Data Leak Prevention.
•Backup and Disaster Recovery Administration
•Antivirus E.P.O. Administration
•Audio/Video Conferencing
•Vendor Management

Job role:
Management

Asst. Manager IT

May 2009 - December 2010

Odyssey India Pvt. Ltd

India

May 2009 - December 2010

Responsible for managing 27 locations in north India including 4 Mega Stores One regional Office, One Ware Hose and 21 Stores. My Profile included:
•IT Infrastructure Management.
•IT Security administration.
•Internal Audits & Pilferage mitigation
•IT Policy implementation & Enforcement.
•IT Budgeting & Procurement.
•Backup planning and action.
•Antivirus E.P.O. Administration
•Audio/Video Conferencing
•ERP (Microsoft Navision) Implementation and Administration.
•Network administration and monitoring.
•Network & Information Security Monitoring.
•Windows 2000 and 2003 Server Administration.
•Vendor Management

Job role:
Information Technology

Asst. Manager IT

January 2009 - December 2010

Odyssey India Pvt. Ltd.

New Delhi, India

January 2009 - December 2010

Worked as Asst. Manager IT (North India). Responsible for managing 27 locations in north India including 4 Mega Stores One regional Office, One Ware Hose and 21 Stores. My Profile included:
• IT Infrastructure Management.
• IT Security administration.
• Internal Audits & Pilferage mitigation
• IT Policy implementation & Enforcement.
• IT Budgeting & Procurement.
• Backup planning and action.
• Antivirus E.P.O. Administration
• Audio/Video Conferencing
• ERP (Microsoft Navision) Implementation and Administration.
• Network administration and monitoring.
• Network & Information Security Monitoring.
• Windows 2000 and 2003 Server Administration.
• Vendor Management

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Information Technology

Education

Karnataka State Open University (KSOU)

July 2015

July 2015

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

India

GPA (percentage): 60%

GPA (percentage): 60%

Skills

Security Operations
Expert
Security Operations
Expert
SoC
Expert
SoC
Expert
IT Security
Expert
IT Security
Expert
IT Governance
Expert
IT Governance
Expert
Cyber Security
Expert
Cyber Security
Expert
BACKUP
Expert
BACKUP
Expert
INFORMATION SECURITY
Expert
INFORMATION SECURITY
Expert
NETWORK ADMINISTRATION
Expert
NETWORK ADMINISTRATION
Expert
SIEM / SOAR
Expert
SIEM / SOAR
Expert
DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING
Expert
DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING
Expert
FIREWALLS
Expert
FIREWALLS
Expert
MCAFEE
Expert
MCAFEE
Expert
MICROSOFT ACCESS
Expert
MICROSOFT ACCESS
Expert
Threat Hunting
Expert
Threat Hunting
Expert
Darknet Research
Intermediate
Darknet Research
Intermediate
VAPT
Intermediate
VAPT
Intermediate
Vulnerability Management
Expert
Vulnerability Management
Expert
Reverse Engineering
Intermediate
Reverse Engineering
Intermediate
EDR
Expert
EDR
Expert
Endpoint Security
Expert
Endpoint Security
Expert
Proxy
Expert
Proxy
Expert
SOC
Expert
SOC
Expert

Social profiles

Personal Website
Personal Website

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Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certifications
ISO:27001 Lead Auditor
Jun 2018
CEH
Jul 2016 - Jul 2019

Hobbies

  • C Programming
    System Level Programming TSRs CPU Interrupts Virus Designing