AMAL SEKHAR
Kozhikode
Summary
Experienced information security professional with over 5 years of expertise in cybersecurity operations, risk management, and compliance. Skilled in handling security incidents, conducting risk assessments, and implementing standards like ISO 27001 Strong understanding of data protection practices and a proven ability to support secure and compliant IT environments.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant manager - information security
Dhanlaxmi Bank
Thrissur
09.2024 - Current
- Create, update, and enforce security policies, procedures, and standards.
- Ensure alignment with legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements ISO 27001.
- Identify, evaluate, and mitigate security risks across IT systems.
- Develop and maintain a risk management program.
- Monitor and respond to security breaches or attack.
- Ensure the organization complies with internal policies and external regulations.
- Work with auditors during internal/external audits.
- Develop and implement security training and awareness programs for employees.
- Provide security guidance for new IT initiatives and projects.
- Report security performance and incidents to senior management.
Security Engineer [InfoSec]
Inspirisys solutions
Chennai
11.2022 - Current
- Enforced security policies, procedures, and standards while ensuring regulatory compliance with ISO 27001.
- Conducted evaluations to identify, assess, and mitigate security risks across IT infrastructure.
- Maintained a robust risk management program to address potential vulnerabilities.
- Responded promptly to security incidents, minimizing impact on operations.
- Facilitated compliance with internal policies and regulations through regular audits.
- Developed training programs that increased employee awareness of security practices.
Security Engineer [InfoSec]
Nodesec Technology
Bangalore
11.2021 - 11.2022
- Working with vendors to implement and support DLP technology, including troubleshooting and upgrading.
- Evaluate and configure of DLP Policy rule sets, policies ensuring consistency and provide critical inputs to the Security Incident Response Team.
- Contributing to overall DLP process improvements, documentation and report preparation for leads and management review.
- Serving as a DLP subject matter expert within the organization and Co-ordinate with user for DLP incident management.
- Support in the development of security policies, standards and plans to ensure the protection of corporate data against unauthorized use, access, modification and destruction.
- Analyze, review, monitor and reassess the adequacy of information security provisions in vendor and customer contracts.
- Assess, report on, and make recommendations regarding current and proposed architectures and systems.
- Working on incidents and reviewing the alerts and do detailed analysis on alerts.
Security Analyst
Indimons Safe Technologies
Kerala
03.2020 - 11.2021
- Company Overview: Kerala
- Real-time log monitoring in the Security Operation Center from different devices.
- Perform security SIEM Operation task - Analysis, Reporting, Fine-tuning of existing rules.
- Follow detailed processes and procedures to analyze, escalate and assist in remediation of critical incidents.
- Monitor real-time security events on SIEM console and event analysis, investigation and mitigation.
- Working on incidents and reviewing the alerts and do detailed analysis on alerts.
- Detecting suspicious logs, creating reports and communicating with clients regarding issues.
- Prepare and deliver various reports based on client requirement.
Jr Security Analyst Intern
Valuementor Infosec
Kerala
08.2019 - 12.2019
- Company Overview: Kerala
- Technical analysis of network activity, monitors and evaluates network flow.
- Provide real-time guidance to customers on security settings and attack mitigation procedure.
- Patch Management.
- Perform SIEM monitoring and management.
- Use IT service management tools for logging service tickets.
- Kerala
Education
Bachelor of Science - Cyber Security
School Of Technology Applied Science
Kochi 08.2015 - 04.2018
HSE- GHSS Avitanallur
KozhikodeSchool - GHSS Naduvannur
KozhikodeSkills
- Security policies
- Risk management
- Incident response
- Security awareness training
- Security policy development
Certification
- ● NASSCOM Certification as SOC Analyst
● Pursuing for ISO 27001 Lead Implementor certification
● Fortinet’s Network Security Expert Certification (NSE1,NSE2)
● Attended Threatcop Security Drill
Personal Details
Dob: 12/06:1997
Address: Vengappattakuzhiyil , kottur,kozhikode, 673614
Timeline
Assistant manager - information security
Dhanlaxmi Bank
09.2024 - Current
Security Engineer [InfoSec]
Inspirisys solutions
11.2022 - Current
Security Engineer [InfoSec]
Nodesec Technology
11.2021 - 11.2022
Security Analyst
Indimons Safe Technologies
03.2020 - 11.2021
Jr Security Analyst Intern
Valuementor Infosec
08.2019 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Science - Cyber Security
School Of Technology Applied Science
08.2015 - 04.2018
HSE- GHSS Avitanallur
School - GHSS Naduvannur