KINGSLEY E. APANDE
Antioch, CA *****
EMAIL: ********@*****.*** PHONE: 925-***-****
OBJECTIVE
I am a growing security and privacy analyst with excellent team comradery, leadership capabilities and Enthusiasm of information security. Honesty and great communicator, with over 5+ of security analyst experience, Risk Assessment, Vulnerabilities management, Incident Response to ensure applications adhere to the confidentiality, Integrity, and availability requirements, writing technical reports, analytical thinking, and attention to details, problem solving skills, communication abilities, and computer proficiency. And implementing security controls, ensuring compliance (GRC), and facilitating continuous monitoring of IT Networks/Security.
Top Skills
●Vulnerability Scanning – 5+ years leveraging OpenVAS in my home network. Additional experience with Qualys (5+ year), Splunk & Nessus (5+ years). Know how to use CVSS/CMSS vulnerability scoring systems to prioritize, remediation plans and activities.
●Document and review System Security Plan (SSP), Security Assessment Report, (SAR), Security Plan of Action and Milestone (POAM&M), FISMA, NIST 800 standard, Risk Managements Framework. (RMF) Privacy impact assessments(PIA)
●Effective Cross Functional Communicator – 5+ years working daily with multiple global teams (security operations, IT operations, application support, etc.) to remediate vulnerabilities. Excellent task tracking and diligently follows-up until completion
●Familiar with network devices: Firewalls, switches, routers, IDS/IPS, WAN, and LANs’ incidence response, security conduct. Periodic security reviews, vulnerability scans, and internal security.
TOOLS
Experience with Tenable by Nessus, Web Inspect, Splunk, and Service Now, Remedy ticketing.
Job History
SOC ANALYST Level 2
ABIATECHSOLUTION 05/2016 -08/2018
Beltsville MD 20705
Investigated intrusion attempts and performed in depth analysis and correlation of network traffic, host based alerts, and forensic images.
Communicated with customers regarding security related incidents implemented and tuned Also, threat signatures.
Ability to develop red test parameters, vulnerability and other analytical tools to support security testing services.
Ability to interface well with Infrastructure (Windows, Storage and Network administrators), as well as developers.
Job History
CYBERSECURITY ANALYST 08/2018– Present
ABIATECHSOLUTION
Beltsville MD 20705
Analyzing security systems and seek improvements on a continuous basis, Report possible threats or software issues Research weaknesses and find ways to counter them.
A working knowledge of vulnerabilities and configuration settings and their exploitation in order to gain access to networks.
Providing technical vulnerability analysis and remediation options, and Reducing vulnerability by improving remediation and patch management process
Analyzing and responding to security threats from IDS/IPS and Firewall.
Manage and monitor assigned security platforms while following established procedures on network traffic using SIEM tools (Splunk)
Updating stakeholders on current cybersecurity trends and news including cyber threat intelligence reports, evaluating project progress, identifying problems.
CERTIFICATIONS
CompTIA Security +
CompTIA CySA +
CompTIA CSAP
Scrum Master Certification
EDUCATION
Associate Degree in Labor Arts Math and Science
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (in Progress)