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Gaurav Arora
Assistant Manager - Security Consultant
New Delhi,India
Summary
A diligent & adaptive individual with 9+ years of experience in Cyber Risk and Security practices including Cyber Security Operations, Cyber Incident & Response Management and Access governance. Information Security Specialist with passion for aligning security architecture plans and processes with security standards and business goals. Results-driven IT professional with notable success in planning, analysis, and implementation of security initiatives. Strengths in providing comprehensive network design and security frameworks. Certified in Ethical Hacker.
Overview
3
3
Languages
2
2
Certifications
7
7
years of post-secondary education
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Manager - Cyber Security
PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited, PwC
Gurgaon, India, India
01.2020 - Current
- Support and lead Junior SOC Analysts in delivering real time proactive monitoring and response.
- Currently handling more than 10 clients where leading as SOC lead for them.
- SOC operation and administration experience in SIEM (Micro Focus ArcSight)
- Collaborate with engineering team to develop security configurations, policies, and controls.
- Responsible for modifying rules, dashboard, reports in ArcSight based on customer need.
- Support multiple customer environments concurrently by assisting with development of processes and procedures to improve incident response times, analysis of incidents, and overall SOC functions for clients.
- Performing Alert monitoring for post analysis review on multiple SIEM tools (like ArcSight & DNIF), EDR solutions, and IDS/IPS for proactive incident handling and reporting.
- Collaborating with engineering and content development, in order to address security requirements and use-case fine-tuning for delegated clients.
- Provide network intrusion detection expertise to support timely and effective decision making of when to declare incident
- Provide information regarding current cyber threats, security incidents, and other threat indications and warning information to our clients as part of threat advisories.
- Experience in data privacy or technical/engineering
- Security review of encryption policies, sensor policies for IDS/IPS, Firewalls, web security gateway, logging Compile detailed investigation and analysis reports for internal SOC use and delivery to management.
- Supervised and motivated 20 staff employees.
Security Incident Response Specialist
Saxo Group
Gurgaon, India, India
08.2015 - 01.2020
- · Following up and collaborating with other operational teams to mitigate open incidents.
- · Worked with Executive Management to enforce and apply information Security Standard.
- · Updated security software to prevent database security threats.
- · Implemented system recovery procedures to minimize losses should attack occur.
- · Conducts research of emerging security threats Performed forensic investigations on potentially compromised hosts Monitoring and Troubleshooting SOC incidents and keeping SLA in check Responsible for handling all security alerts – Review alerts and handle them as per process.
- · Security Log Analysis – Monitor and analyze logs from various security tools and correlate events Investigate, analyze and contain malware incidents Ensured compliance with internal and external email safety standards.
- · Performed comprehensive investigations of cyber security breaches.
- · Ensured compliance with internal and external email safety standards.
- · Prepared daily weekly and monthly database security reports.
- · In-depth knowledge of Incident life cycle and event life cycle.
- · Perform system and network analysis of suspected or potential security incidents.
GTCS Analyst
Prometric Testing Private Limited
Gurgaon, India, India
04.2015 - 08.2015
- Added, maintained and removed objects within Active Directory.
- Utilized problem solving and troubleshooting abilities to resolve any major issues
- Assisted company personnel with desktop operation both hardware and software related issue
- Supervised and performed installation of new IT network equipment, system software and desktop computer
- Administered creating and supporting of IT accounts and computer systems
- Performed technical support, including escalation of problems and incident identification with subsequent resolution.
- Ensured functionality of desktop systems throughout departments by regular checks and maintenance.
Desktop Support Engineer
IMSI (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED
Gurgaon, India, India
06.2012 - 04.2015
- Primary duties included installing and configuring Windows Servers.
- Added, maintained, and removed objects within Active Directory.
- TCP/IP configuration and administration of IIS for Intranet.
- Utilized problem solving and troubleshooting abilities to resolve any major issues.
- Assisted company personnel with desktop operation both hardware and software related issue.
- Supervised and performed installation of new IT network equipment, system software and desktop computer.
- Planned routine repairs and/or system upgrades.
- Tested IT networking systems, monitored performance of network servers and maintained computer systems of organization.
- Updated management on regular basis through reports, email, and presentations.
- Performed regular maintenance of company peripheral network devices – printers and scanners Performed technical support, including escalation of problems and incident identification with subsequent resolution.
Education
Master of Computer Applications - Computer And Information Systems Security
Sikkim Manipal University
New Delhi 07.2013 - 01.2018
Bachelor’s Degree – Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting
Delhi University
New Delhi 05.2010 - 06.2012
Skills
Security logging
Accomplishments
4 months of work experience in (DENMARK) at Saxo Bank Headquarters for an Internal Project & Training.
Enhancement of tool and rules for SIEM.
Undertaking responsibility for numerous Incident Response of cyber-attacks on the organization.
Leading threat Hunting activities for the identified scope
Certification
ITIL Foundation
Interests
Technoholic
Cinephilia
Timeline
Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH v10)
12-2020
Assistant Manager - Cyber Security
PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited, PwC
01.2020 - Current
ITIL Foundation
12-2015
Security Incident Response Specialist
Saxo Group
08.2015 - 01.2020
GTCS Analyst
Prometric Testing Private Limited
04.2015 - 08.2015
Master of Computer Applications - Computer And Information Systems Security
Sikkim Manipal University
07.2013 - 01.2018
Desktop Support Engineer
IMSI (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED
06.2012 - 04.2015
Bachelor’s Degree – Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting
Delhi University
05.2010 - 06.2012
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