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Md Atif Hussain

Md Atif Hussain

Manager - Cyber Security Operations
Bengaluru

Summary

A platform agnostic, analytical, data driven Cyber Security Manager with 10 years of hands-on experience in various domains such as Incidence Response and Security Operations. Strong knowledge of network architectures, operating systems and cybersecurity tools. Confident and communicative professional proficient in scripting paired with familiarity of Unix and Windows. Collaborative team player committed to working with businesses and organizations to identify and resolve security vulnerabilities and weaknesses affecting digital assets and computer networks.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
7
7
Certificates
2
2
Languages

Work History

Manager - Cyber Security Operations

ABInBev India
07.2021 - Current
  • Managing Security architecture with emphasis on enforcing EDR, Email Security, PAM, and Proxy coverage across the infra
  • Designing Multi-Cloud Incidence response environment and integrating with various other platforms like SOAR, OSINT, Incident Management platforms
  • Designing and improving Attack Surface Management capabilities using various tools like Censys, Ping Castle.
  • Leading SOC operations and Cloud Security Operations
  • Improving overall SOC monitoring and response architecture
  • Improved overall security posture by 57% as per the in-house maturity matrix calculations
  • Performing Security posture assessments and providing feedback and inputs for further improvements
  • Managing asset Visibility capability ensuring full spectral visibility of the company
  • Identifying and releasing realizing operational costs optimization possibilities by delivering more values from current capabilities.
  • Developed strategic roadmaps outlining short-term and long-term objectives for strengthening organizational cybersecurity posture.
  • Collaborated with legal and compliance teams to ensure that company policies adhered to relevant data protection regulations.

Principal Analyst

Optiv Security
01.2019 - 07.2021
  • Working on Incidents alerted through multiple security controls like EDR, IPS, IDS, correlations in SIEM, Proxy
  • Created multiple False Positive identification technique to reduce FPs by 45%.
  • Collecting requirement from client and implementing best practices for the project
  • Creating new SOPs and establishing process management and change management process
  • Technical Lead of the team for multiple MDR operations project
  • Creation of Dashboard in SIEM
  • Fine-tuning alerts and creating new Co-relation Rules
  • Creation of use-cases and updating of rules in Crowdstrike on the Threat analysis
  • Creating SOPs and Use Case creation
  • Worked on Azure Sentinel and Security Center
  • Presenting weekly Service review reports to the client
  • Working on threat hunting modules using Crowdstrike.

IT Security Analyst II

Novo Nordisk A/S
10.2017 - 01.2019
  • Working as Service Architect for PIM solution from CyberArk
  • Performing Vulnerability Assessment using Nessus (Security Center)
  • IPS Administration: Policy update, IPS version upgrade, Blocking of Malicious IPs as per analysis is a part of my job
  • Working on Security event logging and monitoring services, SIEM i.e
  • Splunk
  • Perform analysis of data across the organization /to identify and contain IT security incidents
  • Ensure that all the services such as log collection, vulnerability assessment, intrusion detection and prevention are available and running.

Information security Specialist

McAfee Software
05.2017 - 10.2017
  • Working on creating and configuring SIEM rules
  • Worked on Security event logging and monitoring services
  • Perform analysis of data across the organization to identify and contain IT security incidents

IT Security Analyst

Epsilon
11.2016 - 05.2017
  • Analyzing security events generated from various tools such as IDS/IPS, Email Security, SIEM
  • Worked on Security event logging and monitoring services.

Project Engineer

Wipro Technologies
10.2014 - 11.2016
  • Working with multiple customers as a consultant in a technical capacity across SOC services, SIEM fine tuning, Security architecture
  • Created Splunk dashboards for continuous monitoring for SOC to identify ransomware behavior, data exfiltration patterns.

Education

B. Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering -

West Bengal University of Technology
Kolkata, WB

Skills

Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCPundefined

Certification

Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)

Accomplishments

  • Super Star of the Year-2019
  • Star of Month January – 2020
  • Rock Star of the Quarter – Q1 2020
  • Rock Star Award – H1 2020
  • Excellence in Action Awards – Q4 2021
  • Multiple Shared Challenge Awards from 2021

Timeline

Manager - Cyber Security Operations

ABInBev India
07.2021 - Current

Principal Analyst

Optiv Security
01.2019 - 07.2021

IT Security Analyst II

Novo Nordisk A/S
10.2017 - 01.2019

Information security Specialist

McAfee Software
05.2017 - 10.2017

IT Security Analyst

Epsilon
11.2016 - 05.2017

Project Engineer

Wipro Technologies
10.2014 - 11.2016

B. Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering -

West Bengal University of Technology
Md Atif HussainManager - Cyber Security Operations