Fakruddin Ali Ahmed
Information Security Lead
Bangalore
Summary
Highly skilled and results-driven Information Security Lead with over 10 years of experience in designing, implementing, and managing robust security frameworks. Adept at leading teams to safeguard organizational assets through the development and enforcement of information security policies, risk management strategies, and compliance protocols. Expertise in threat analysis, incident response, vulnerability management, and security architecture. Proven track record of driving continuous improvement initiatives and collaborating cross-functionally to ensure security best practices across all IT systems and processes. Strong leadership abilities with excellent communication skills, fostering a culture of security awareness and continuous learning within teams.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
4
4
Languages
Work History
Senior Cyber Security Consultant
Dotdash Meredith
06.2017 - Current
- Manage daily Incident Response operations by handling Jira incidents flagged from multiple integrated security devices and Handling reported Phishing emails.
- Manage a team of 3 members including US office.
- Lead the security investigations as Incident investigator for declared security Incidents & data breach along with 3rd party investigators & law firms for proceedings and working on its immediate remediation's required and leading them to their closures with SIR Reports and Incident postmortem reports.
- Azure Sentinel was used during TimeInc and KPL query was used for threat hunting to investigate incidents.
- Security automation implementation through use cases for Splunk Phantom SOAR along with integration of 3rd party security tools.
- Fine tuning the alerts generated from SOAR & created the automated responses to the users from the playbooks.
- Led the implementation of Crowdstrike Endpoint security solution to detect and prevent malicious files being installed and remove from the systems.
- Led the implementation Crowdstrike FileVantage a File integrity solution to monitor and report file changes by unauthorized access.
- Perform vulnerability assessment and remediation.
- Led the implementation of enterprise-wide Data Loss Prevention solutions to monitor and prevent unauthorized data transfers across endpoints, email, and cloud applications.
- Configured and fine-tuned DLP policies based on business requirements and risk assessments, balancing security and productivity.
- Coordinated regular risk assessments and audits to identify vulnerabilities in data protection and proposed remediation plans.
- Investigated security incidents related to data exfiltration and worked with the incident response team to resolve data breaches.
- Developed and conducted security awareness training programs.
L2 Engineer
Unisys India Pvt Ltd
10.2016 - 06.2017
- Analyzing and verifying the incidents raised by 24x7 monitoring team using different platforms like Symantec manager, HP ArcSight and threat protection solution
- Automation of Daily/Monthly Dashboards and Reports using ticketing tool
- Providing User education to the client for maintaining threat free environment
- Creation of customized alerting & reporting
- Client: Baxter
Information Security Engineer
3i-Infotech
04.2013 - 01.2016
- Analyzing and verifying the incidents raised by 24x7 monitoring team using different platforms like Symantec manager, Q radar and threat protection solution
- Automation of Daily/Monthly Dashboards and Reports using Remedy Force
- Providing User education to the client for maintaining threat free environment
- Creation of customized alerting & reporting
- Creation and maintenance of SOPs and Incident KB
- Forensic investigations for various Application Security Threats like XSS, Email Spoofing, SQL Injection etc
- Reported in Bug bounty programs
- Vulnerability assessment and remediation process using Nessus
- Client: Informatica
Technical Support Associate
IBM INDIA
05.2011 - 06.2012
- Responsible for providing technical support for AT&T Clients via Remote Access
- Responsible for handling all sorts of computer, software and Virus-related cases where we use McAfee software and other malware tools to scan the computer and remove the traces of any threat to the computer
- Inform Clients on how to handle these cases if repeats in future
- Responsible for client follow up calls regarding services provided in relation to their queries
Technical Support Representative
Aditya Birla Minacs
10.2009 - 12.2010
- Responsible for providing technical support for iPods/iPhones and iTunes software
- Responsible for handling all persistent cases
- Inform customers about new policies and procedures
- Responsible for customer follow up calls regarding services provided in relation to device maintenance
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Bangalore University
Bengaluru 06.2005 - 04.2008
Skills
- DLP Solution: Symantec, MSExchange, Forcepoint, Google, Crowdstrike
- SIEM Solutions: Azure Sentinel, Splunk ES, Dell Secure Works, ELK
- Email Filtering Solutions: Mimecast, Darktrace
- Threat Intelligence & Brand Protection: Recorded Future
- Vulnerability Management: Qualys Guard, Rapid7, Wiz, Tenable, Kenna
- Web Gateway/ Proxy Solutions: Cisco Umbrella, Palo Alto
- Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR): Symantec, SentinelOne, Crowdstrike
- File Integrity Monitoring: Tripwire FIM solution
- Firewall Analyzer: Algosec Firewall Analyzer
- IDS/IPS: Cisco Firepower, Cisco Meraki
- MDM: Intune Mobile device Management, IBM Maas360
- Cloud App Security Monitoring: Microsoft O365 cloud security
Certification
CEH v8.0, Eikon Institute, Bangalore
Employmentstatus
Full time
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 10/26/84
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that all the information's given above are true to the best of my knowledge.
Timeline
Senior Cyber Security Consultant
Dotdash Meredith
06.2017 - Current
L2 Engineer
Unisys India Pvt Ltd
10.2016 - 06.2017
Information Security Engineer
3i-Infotech
04.2013 - 01.2016
Technical Support Associate
IBM INDIA
05.2011 - 06.2012
Technical Support Representative
Aditya Birla Minacs
10.2009 - 12.2010
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Bangalore University
06.2005 - 04.2008
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