Management Information Security

KOFI ADU-BEKOE

*** ***** **** 732-***-**** Westampton, NJ 08060. Email: *********@*****.***

PROFILE

Highly skilled and accomplished information Security professional with expertise in the operation of Security Operations Center, Security Information Event Management, Risk management, Disaster recovery, and continuity planning. A member of ISACA.

COMPETENCIES

Strategic Planning

Goal Setting/Performance Measurement

Project Management

New Product/Service Rollouts

User Support/Requirements

Client Focused Partnerships

Value-added Solutions

Cross Functional Communications

Change Management

Continuous Quality Improvement

PROFICIENCIES

Design, Implementing and Managing Information Security Strategy. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, Security Risk Assessment & Management, Policy Management and Compliance, Security Program Management, Security Operations, Preparing, communicating and presenting concepts and plans to stake holders, and building consensus, gaining agreement in Business and Security Management, Excellent knowledge of COBIT, SANS top 20 Critical Controls for Cyber Defense. Up to date knowledge of FFIEC Information Security Standard. Up to date knowledge of PCI DSS 3.1, HIPPA Law, Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, and MS Project.

WORK EXPERIENCE: Adom Global Traders Group LLC, Westampton, NJ 09/12 – Present

CONSULTANT.

•Risk Advisor. Work in collaboration with business units.

•Provide strategic Information Security Risk Management.

•Ensure compliance, IT governance, software security development, HIPPA laws, and Asset security.

•Provide guidance and standards for security implementation.

•Build close working partnerships with business units.

•Change the paradigm of IT from a cost center to a value-added function.

•Link Information Security to broader strategic objectives and business unit needs including cost efficiencies, productivity, system reliability, data integrity, and bottom-line profitability.

•Use project management and cross functional team communication to build consensus and support for shared goals.

ADOM GLOBAL TRADERS GROUP LLC, Westampton, NJ 05/01 – 09/12

PROJECT MANAGER;

Strategic Planning, Financial Management, Project and Contract Management, and Business Development in International Trade Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

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WORK EXPERIENCE (Continued)

PARKER GROUP INC., Bronx, NY. 1/98 – 5/01

MANAGER BUSINESS PLANNING.

Analyzed cost planning and implemented critical path solutions to business processes. Participated in Strategic Financial Planning, analyzed contracts and prepared detailed short and long-range revenue projections to support strategic plan. Develop annual budgets and cost allocation, and analyze income and expense plans.

EDUCATION: Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh Scotland, UK.

Graduate Certificate; Accounting, Finance, Economics.

CANADIAN SECURITIES INSTITUTE, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Investment Finance Certificate. (CSIC)

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST, Cape Coast, Ghana. Physics and Chemistry.

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Candidate

Certified Information Security Management (CISM), Candidate.

Resilia Foundation and Practitioner, Candidate.

SPECIALIZED TRAINING:

Resilia Practitioner; Cyber Resilience Best Practices. CareerAcademy.com

Information Security Risk Management; Building IS Management Toolkit,

Designing and Executing IS Strategies. Cousera.org (University of Washington).

Foundations of Business Strategy;

Coursera.org (The Darden School, University of Virginia).

Fundamentals of Operational Management;

Coursera.org (The Wharton School, UPenn).

Fundamentals of Project Management;

Financial Management Training Center, Arlington, VA.

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