Information Security Engineer

PRINCE AKATE-APPIAH

**** ***** ****** ******. ******, VA 22079 C: 571-***-**** *******************@*****.*** INFORMATION SECURITY ANALYST

Effective problem-solving individual with many years of experience in protecting organizations’ security systems and technology is seeking an Information Security Analyst position. TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY

Security Technologies: NMAP, Nessus, Splunk, ArcSight, Sourcefire, Snort, Palo Alto, Wireshark etc Systems: Windows (all), VMware

Networking: LANs, WANs, VPNs, Routers, Firewalls, TCP/IP Ticketing: Remedy

Key Skills

Responsible for maintaining the integrity and security of PCI POS, systems and networks.

Conducts organizational assessments to prioritize policies, maturity level, and functional capabilities.

Employ techniques to perform log analysis in the systems.

Performing network traffic analysis utilizing raw packet data, NetFlow, IDS, and custom security tools as it pertains to the network.

Correlate actionable security events with (SIMS) data and performs unique correlation techniques.

Conducting malware analysis using tools by providing indicators for enterprise defensive measures

Performs Network Monitoring and Incident Response.

Create, modify, and update IDS and Security Information Management (SIM).

Monitoring of the Security Operations Center (SOC) hotline, email inboxes and dashboards

Identifying, analyzing, remediating, and reporting security incidents PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MINISTRY OF DEFENDS, GHANA 11/2014 – 01/2019

Information Security Analysis

Actively directs the development of security standards and procedures designed to reduce the criminal threat and risk to premises and other client sites.

Participates as a member of internal committees and project teams, providing advice and counsel in the development and implementation of physical security standards, policies and procedures as related to the specific project charter

Interact with State Housing Cooperation (SHC) and contracted facility management service provider to review and implement appropriate physical security measures to reduce risk of criminal threat against SHC Financial Group

Provides immediate response and/or support when criminal attacks occur against 37 Military Teaching Hospital premises. Liaise with and provide assistance to law enforcement and other emergency response teams. Assessment of procedures that led to an event and implement any counter measures required

Provides assistance and advice to offices abroad with regard to assessment of security situations and provides expert advice to all levels of management relative to security and criminal activity

Maintains an active liaison with enforcement agencies, other financial institutions, private security and government agencies to properly assess security situations affecting bank personnel

Proactively develop best practice security protocols and practices

Provides assistance and acts as alternate to Manager, Executive Protection and Employee Protection MINISTRY OF DEFENDS, GHANA 05/2013 – 09/2014

Technical Support Engineer (National service personnel)

Implemented, maintained, and integrated the network and server architecture.

Enforced security policy complied with requirements of external security audits and recommendations.

Performed vulnerability and risk analysis.

Responsible for the support and maintenance of all company computer, printer, and peripheral equipment.

Configured, installed, monitored and maintained software and hardware both for onsite and mobile workers.

Provided support for all aspects of end-user computing and desktop-based LAN systems software. EDUCATION & TRAINING

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, GHANA 09/2009 – 05/2013

BS Biomedical Engineering

TEDEUM COLLEGE, GHANA

Postgrad Diploma Cybersecurity Management 01/2014 - 07/2014

Postgrad Diploma Computer Hardware Engineering 09/2014 -11/2015 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, MD

MS Cybersecurity Management and Policy 04/2019 – Current CERTIFICATIONS AND WORKSHOPS

Completed Total Seminars Security+ Training

Ministry of Defense internal Cyber-attacks training

Ghana Digital Migration Training Program

MTN-Ghana network security workshop

MultiTV Technical Installation workshop

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