Zouheir Abdallah, Head of Information Security Risk Section

Zouheir Abdallah

Head of Information Security Risk Section

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Master's degree, Cyber Security
Experience
15 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 7 Months

Head of Information Security Risk Section at Ministry of Transport and Communications
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since June 2015

Enabling proper governance and management of information security risks in governmental and semi-governmental agencies in Qatar.
Providing expert consultancy to critical national infrastructure entities in the State of Qatar across several key industries.

Senior Information Security Risk Specialist at Ministry of Transport and Communications
  • Qatar - Doha
  • May 2013 to May 2015

• Lead a team of information security risk specialists to conduct risk assessments over several critical processes within the organization.
• Managed information security public-private-partnership programs.
• Delivered information security risk workshops and trainings.
• Drafted and issued information security advisories and alerts for critical sector organizations.
• Conducted risk assessments on the payment infrastructure of several financial institutions and issued the national guidelines to securing ATMs.

Assistant Information Security Specialist at BLOM Bank
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 2008 to April 2013

• Developed and implemented information security policies, procedures, guidelines, frameworks, and baselines.
• Assessed, reported, and assisted in the remediation of information security incidents and patching vulnerabilities for the bank’s systems and applications.
• Developed and delivered an organization wide information security awareness to over 1500 employees.
• Maintained PCI-DSS compliance.

Education

Master's degree, Cyber Security
  • at University of York – UK
  • May 2023
Bachelor's degree, Business Computing
  • at Hariri Canadian University
  • July 2006

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Specialties & Skills

ISO 27001
PCI DSS
Security Assessments
Vulnerability Management
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION SECURITY
MANAGEMENT
PROCESS ENGINEERING
RESEARCH
STRATEGIC
WORKSHOPS
BUDGETING

Languages

English
Native Speaker
Arabic
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2020
CIPPE (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2020
CIPM (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2020
CISA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2013
CISSP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2020