Waseem Ali, DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Waseem Ali

DEPUTY DIRECTOR

SOC & CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE (TEAM LEAD)

Location
Pakistan - Islamabad
Education
Master's degree, Master in business administration IT
Experience
25 years, 0 Months

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DEPUTY DIRECTOR at SOC & CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE (TEAM LEAD)
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • My current job since October 2023

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• As the Team Lead of the SOC, I oversee a dynamic unit consisting of CTI specialists, SOC analysts, and a dedicated DFIR team, collectively working together to ensure robust threat detection, efficient incident response, and thorough forensic investigation capabilities.
• Successfully orchestrated the acquisition, implementation, and utilization of a cutting-edge Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) platform, ensuring optimal technological efficacy.
• Spearheaded the rollout of Anti-malware Kaspersky technology across 13000 Endpoints and servers/ systems, effectively initiating enhanced security measures.
• Formulated comprehensive proposals and user requirements (RFC) for the implementation of IT Asset Management and Patch Management, laying the groundwork for efficient system maintenance and resource optimization.
• Established and led a dynamic CTI unit tasked with monitoring cyber threat alerts, analyzing Common Vulnerability Exploits (CVEs) data, managing Patch Updates, identifying Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), and detecting Indicators of Attacks, ensuring proactive defense against potential security

Deputy Director Infrastructure at national database and registration authority
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • My current job since September 2005
DEPUTY DIRECTOR at INFRASTRUCTURE (TEAM LEAD)
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • January 2018 to October 2023

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Planning, designing and implementation of data center solution for NADRA core business applications.
• Upgradation of NADRA domain infrastructure to latest version
• Microsoft Red architecture implementation for NADRA
• Server hardening planning with respect to latest security threats.
• Centralization of all NADRA offices with active directory
• Kaspersky Email security gateway implementation
• Group policy management for NADRA
• Web proxy solution implementation
• Kaspersky Antivirus solution center management
• Tendering, RFP designing
• Deployment of IBM vSAN and integration with VMWare, Hyper-V, IBM DS35 12, IBM v3700
• NADRA in-house private cloud with 400+ servers
• Enterprise and mid-range storage consolidation using IBM SVC
• Servers, Storages, Blade Servers, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, Windows Infrastructure, Backup Infrastructure, Managed Services.
• Migration of 5000 Clients from Microsoft exchange server 2003 to 2010 and then to Microsoft Exchange Server 2013.
• Team management Resource development
• Lead coordinator from system team for Conducting IS 27001 Audits and its compliance assurance.
• In-Place email upgradation from exchange 2003 to exchange Server 2010 for NADRA
• Managing core activities related to ISO 27001 & developing Security policies, Risk Management & Compliance (GRC) of the IT infrastructure & Services in jurisdiction of system team.
• Securing Email and internet traffic from virus, spam, phishing attacks, worms, virus etc using Secure Mail gateway, Secure Web Gateway and Secure Internet gateway appliances
• Backup solution deployment for NADRA

Education

Master's degree, Master in business administration IT
  • at Allama Iqbal Open University
  • September 2024
Bachelor's degree, B.S Information Technology
  • at Allama Iqbal Open University
  • May 2024
Bachelor's degree, B.S Information Technology
  • at Allama Iqbal open university
  • September 2000

Specialties & Skills

PHISHING
TEAM MANAGEMENT
ACTIVE DIRECTORY
VIRTUALIZATION
SECURITY POLICIES
CONSOLIDATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
MICROSOFT WINDOWS
cyber threat intelligence
Security Operations Center

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