Thamer Al-Olayan, Head of Information Security

Thamer Al-Olayan

Head of Information Security

Confidintial

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
Experience
20 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 3 Months

Head of Information Security at Confidintial
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since April 2019
Chief Information Security Officer at International System Engineering
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • August 2015 to March 2019

- Responsible for all information security and business continuity.
- Managing all security projects outside the company.
- Managing security RFP’s, proposals and projects.
- Building the cyber security service catalog and capabilities.

Security Manager at Accenture
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • February 2014 to August 2015

Worked in different security projects for finical and petrochemicals sectors. Tasks I were responsible for in these projects listed below:
- Security Governance
- SOC Management & Security Incident Response
- Security Controls
- Risk Management
- Security Capability Assessments

Information Security Solutions Manager at National Commercial Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 2012 to February 2014

Managing the information security solutions unit and security complaince.

IT Risk Assessment Manager at Alinma Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • May 2011 to October 2012

Working as IT Risk Assessment Manager in the IT Risk Management Department. Managing the IT risk assessments, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, Internal audit within IT and other security projects.

Senior Security Officer at National Commercial Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • May 2008 to May 2011

Working in the ISSD (Information Security Department) Senior Security Officer. I Worked in the Security Risk & Compliance team that handles Information Security Risk Assessments, Validation and Control Assessment. Part of the PCI compliance team and part of the ISO 27001 implementation project. Project manager for File Integrity Project (Tripwire) and Database Integrity Project (Guardium). Also I was a member of the IT communication network team that leading different communication and awareness events in the IT division. Leading the information security solutions unit and manage all security projects such as internal security, PCI and regulatory projects. Managing Information security engineering section for many times. Managing NCB SOC activates as SOC project manager.

Information System Specialist at Saudi Arabian Airlines
  • Saudi Arabia
  • December 2004 to May 2008

Worked the ISOSP (Information Security Operations, Support & Planning) team as an Information System Specialist. Working on the Firewalls, Intrusion Detection System, MacAfee Anti Viruses, Mail & Web filtering, Risk Assessment, Vulnerability tests, Security Project Planning, LAN security audit, Network monitoring, Cisco Active Control Server and Cisco virtual Private Network.

On Job Training at UNITED COMPUTER ARABIA
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • May 2004 to September 2004

Worked 4 months in the LAN Security audit, installing Astaro firewall, installing windows 2000 advanced server and windows 2003, monitoring the IDS and handling the ePO as a part of the ISSR project at Saudi Arabian Airlines.

Summer Training at UNITED MATBOULI GROUP
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • July 2003 to August 2003

Worked 2 months in the PC’s Maintenance, software installation and troubleshooting of network.

Summer Training at SAUDI BUSINESS MACHINES LTD
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • June 2002 to August 2002

Worked 8 weeks with IBM Hardware andSoftware Services in installation, customization and troubleshooting of network (LAN and WAN).

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
  • February 2004

Graduated from KFUPM with a BS degree in Computer Engineering GPA is 2.236 (out of 4). Courses taken include Computer Communications, Computer Networking, C Programming, Parallel Computing, Distributed Systems, Operating System, Computer Architecture and Algorithms, Management and International Relations. Did a 20 pages report on the RISK processors and a presentation on the CDMA. Wrote 1200-word report on WAP Communication Parts and Security. Did senior design project on the WAP Emulator.

Specialties & Skills

IT Risk
PCI DSS
Information Security Management
Security Assessments
ISO 27001
CISCO Routers and Switches Configuration
IDS (Intrusion Detection System)
Astaro Security Gateway
Cisco PIX, ASA, ACS and VPN
Cyberguard Firewall
WebWasher & Content Reporter
MacAfee Antivirus
Vunerability Scan Tools
BlueCoat System
Nortel VPN
Tripwire
ISO 27001
Project Management
Juniper Firewalls, IPS and VPN
Incident handling and Basic eForensic
SAMA SARIE
EnCase Computer Forensic
IT Risk Assessment
ISO 31000 Risk Manager

Languages

English
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Arabic
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