ADELEKE, GBOLAGADE AFIZ

** ** ******, ******* ***-cost Housing (Shagari Estate), Mosan, Ipaja, Lagos, Nigeria.

080********, 080********; adkbzb@r.postjobfree.com

Profile Summary

I am an highly industrious,versatile young professional with 16 years' work experience spanning across Finance,Information Technology,Accounting,Treasury,Marketing,Insurance,Banking Operations, Information Security Operations, Infrastructure Monitoring and Cyber Security and i have been opportuned to work with great team to contribute outstanding deliverables in the Insurance industry,Finance Industry,IT and Cyber Security industry and Banking industry respectively .I have great prowess in the use of Arcsight,Imperva,Symmatec,TrendMicro Deep Security, Cimtrak and other SIEM and FIM tools in order to ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability of data assets on the IT Infrastructure of my organization collect and analyse open source intelligence(OSINT),manage and perform information security incidents investigation and incident response activities, perform Endpoint Threat Analysis and Computer forensics, carry out vulnerability assessment of the bank's IT network,systems and application, identify and hunt for related tactics, techniques and procedures and indicators of compromise (IOCs) across all internal /external reposiories,ensure security threat information, system log information and sources of external intelligence are combined to provide real time response to cyber events, research on vulnerabilities,exploits,zero day malware and then provide early alerts to Security Engineering team along with mitigation strategies. My resilience, self-motivation, leadership skills and various experience gathered across various fields over the past years put me in the road map to take up challenging roles and deliver good results. I look forward to opportunities in a forward looking, dynamic and inspiring organization with a great corporate governance culture, sound work ethics and a great learning environment.

Areas of Experience and Expertise

Effective use of Security Incident and Event Management tool,File Integrity Monitoring tool,Database Activity Monitoring tool.

Banking operations (Cash Management, Cash and Tellering,Customer Service, Funds Transfer(Local and Foreign),ATM Custodianship)

Internal Control Security and Audit

Funds Administration & Transfer(both local and foreign transfers)

E-banking products and services, Contact Centre Services

General Branch Administration

Customer Relationship Management,Dispute Resolution and Compliants Handling

Information Security Operations and Management

Fraud Detection, Prevention and Reporting

Card Fraud Prevention,Detection, Monitoring and Reporting

Work Experience

Organization: First Bank of Nigeria Plc Nov7, 2012 to date

Position: Incident Analyst/Investigator (Security Operations Centre), Team Member (Internal Control),

Shift Supervisor (Information Security Operations Department)\Contact Centre April 2,2018 to date

Position: Incident Analyst (Security Operations Centre(SOC)

Provide first-level response to all network security incidents and Understands network forensics in order to identify lateral movement and threat vectors related to a cyber-event.

• Monitor the Bank’s security platform and technology (SIEM(Arcsight),Imperva,Cimtrak,Microsoft ATA,Checkpoint Sandblast)review.

• Analyse security events from various monitoring and logging sources to identify and/or confirm suspicious activity.

• Investigate network protocols and packet analysis on the banks platform and advise on security impact on the use of this protocols.

• Confirm, determine and/or troubleshoot firewall traffic flows using Check Point products.

• Provide on-going support of the Content Filtering solution following ITIL best practices.

• Contributes to the design, development and implementation of common information security processes for Cyber Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT).

• Operates from the Security Operations Center (SOC) to assists in the monitoring, compliance and effectiveness of implemented security controls and makes recommendations to improve.

• Engages at all levels of Business and IT Functions as deemed necessary based on the type and severity of a Cyber Incident.

Ensure that all the material risks inherent in the key IT processes of the Bank are proactively managed in line with best practices which involves conducting process risk assessments, developing and implementing appropriate risk treatment plans, developing and implementing security policies and standards.

• 24/7 Real time Security monitoring of activities on IT systems, network,access control, databases and E-transaction channels using tools like Microsoft ATA, Arcsight ESM, Portnox,Imperva SecureSphere,Cimtrak,Checkpoint Soundblast

• Achieve data integrity on all key enterprise applications and e-channel systems through participation and reviews of User Acceptance Test (UAT) for applications/products.

• Daily database reviews of back-valued transactions for all the African countries of operation to ensure all back-valued transactions are run successfully within the stipulated amount of days maintained by the country

• Ensuring that processes for effective design, implementation and quality assurance adhere to the corporate policies in line with the requirements of the Bank.

• Postillion database transaction monitoring

• Evaluate the design and implementation of appropriate information asset management tools, policies and processes to ensure proper accountability and effective lifecycle management of all hardware and software resources.

• Managing internal controls to ensure they are functional and adequate.

• Provide incident management and forensic investigations.

• Anti-phishing Website monitoring and shutdown.

• Review and approval of all Change Management requests on bank’s database/applications

• Reviewing operational procedures and guidelines.

Management of User Access control across the network.

• Participate in planning & design of enterprise security architecture.

• Identifying risks and integrating security activities during all phases of Software Development Lifecycle.

• Ensure all virtual banking architecture, e-payment solutions, card operations and other electronic channels acquired or developed in-house functions & meet both business and control objectives.

• Review and enforce systems & business operations policies, processes and procedures and provide recommendation for improvement.

• Participate in the implementation of new network, application and database security solutions.

• Responsible for the day to day activity monitoring of the in-place network, critical files, applications, privilege account management, e-channels and database security solutions.

• Identify, investigate & resolve security breaches detected and carry out forensic

Investigations

• Carry out Vulnerability Assessments, Penetration tests and security audits.

• Ensure network devices (switches, routers and firewalls) are configured in line with the Bank’s security baseline

• Carry out Security trends analysis, threat modeling and data forensics and correlation and also provide a level of intelligence gathering and analysis.

• Involvement & Testing of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans for IT Business units using industry standard frameworks.

• 2nd factor Administration and implementation

• Ensure that backups are taken to offside location and Test backups periodically to ensure backup integrity.

Position: ATM Custodian 2014 – January 2015

Position: E-Business/ Customer Service Officer 2013 – 2014

Position: Head, Funds Transfer 2012 – 2013

Organization: Oceanic Bank International Plc (Now Ecobank Plc) 2008 - 2012

Positions: Head Teller, Customer Service Officer, Funds Transfer Officer, Cash Management Officer

Organization: Wema Securities and Finance Plc (Now Liquidated) 2007 - 2008

Position: Investment Officer/ Business Development Officer

Organization: Industrial & General Insurance Co. Ltd (IGI) 2006 - 2007

Position: Accounting Officer (Executive Assistant) Treasury Services Non-Life and Life Accounts

Organization: NFI Insurance Plc (Now Merged as AIICO Insurance Plc) 2005 - 2006

Organization: NYSC: Madonna Secondary School, Okposi, Ebonyi state 2004 - 2005

Position: Teacher/ Disciplinary and Social Event Master

Education & Qualifications

Scholars International Institute of Technology, Oregon,USA

Diploma in Information Security and Cyber Law 2019

University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria 2009 - 2010

MSC Management (CGPA 3.94)

University of Ado-Ekiti, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria 1999 - 2003

B.Sc. (Hons) Accounting

Ogun State University,Ado-Iwoye 1997 - 1998

Diploma in Data processing

Ogun State University Consultancy,Ijebu Ode 1997 - 1997

Certificate in Computer Studies

Abesan High School, Abesan, Lagos, Nigeria 1991 - 1997

Senior School Certificate (SSCE)

Professional Affiliations

Student Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)

Student Member, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN)

Member ISACA

Key Skills & Attributes

High sense of integrity and honesty

Planning,Organising,Time Management

Creativity,Problem Solving,Multitasking and the use of technology

Ability to work under pressure and under minimal supervision,ability to manage people and projects

Proven interpersonal skills and team spirit

Result-oriented team leader, great motivator and solution-driven

Highly energetic, capable of multi-tasking efficiently, with key attention to details

In-depth knowledge of MS-DOS, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), Basic Programming, Sun System Package, HICAD, Business Works, Fixed Asset Register, Investment Register, Finacle 7, Finacle 10, Paydirect, Etranzact, Local Money Transfer(LMT), Autoreg, EPAY, PAY4ME, Oceanic Kiosk, Autoreg, Aero Platform, BASYS, FirstCollect, First Instant Payment, Firstmonie, Arbiter, CRM, Template Generator, Deltaworks,Intellinx Application,Mastercard Connect,Fraud Checker,Postillion,Mastercard Connect,Mobile Banking Console,Arcsight ESM 6.9 and 7.0,Arcsight Logger,Cimtrak,Imperva;TrendMicroDeep Security,Hosted Email Security,Checkpoint Sandblast,Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics.Microsoft Operations Management Suite,Cisco Umbrella,SafeLock Intelligent Manager

Awards\Position Held

Best Staff for 3rd quarter 2006, NFI Insurance Company Plc, Isolo, Lagos

Award for Selflessness, Dedication & Meritorious Service, Satellite Hall, University of Ado Ekiti

Member,Nominating Committee Federal Estate Baptist Church

Assistant Secretary Federal Estate Baptist Church

Assistant Financial Secretary Federal Estate Baptist Church

Investment Committee Chairman

Key Trainings Attended

Bank’s Core Application Training for Cash Officers, Head Tellers and Costomer Service Unit Officers

Fire Safety & Emergency Evacuation Procedure

Safety and Security Workshop in Financial Institutions facilitated by Industrial Training Fund

Action Centred Individual facilitated by Workforce

Corporate Strategy

Workplace Emotional Intelligence

Communicating with Impact

Finacle 10 Sumulation

Treasury Operations/Services Program(SB220)(Empowering the Financial Market) facilitated by FDHL

Cashless Nigeria

Fraud and Investigation

Intellinx and Mastercard Connect

Exceptional Customer Serrvice

Customers Forever:Delivering Exceptional Customer Service

Corporate Induction for Experience Hires

Arcsight,Imperva,Cimtrak,Microsoft ATA,Checkpoint Soundblast and Data Prevention Loss Training

And many more

Project Participated:

Deployment of PDQ Module for Servers and ATMS

Revamp of the File Integrity Monitoring Tool (Cimtrak)

Hobbies

Socializing

Reading Professional and Social Publications

Surfing the Web

Playing Billiard.

Personal Information

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: 12 September 1981

Marital Status: Married

State of Origin: Osun

Languages: English, Yoruba

Referees

Available on request

Contact this candidate