Information Technology Cyber Defense

VALERIE IGBINOGHENE

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PROFILE

Cyber Security Operations Analyst with proficient experience and a good understanding of information technology. Active work in proactive network monitoring of SIEM tools such as Splunk. Knowledgeable in identifying and analyzing suspicious event. Detail-oriented, organized, highly motivated individual who enjoys collaborating and thrives as a team player. Multilingual professional and ability to manage sensitive materials. Able to use various security tools to perform logs and packet analysis. Finally, can perform malware analysis with overall objective to ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability of systems, networks, and data

EDUCATION

University Paris I Pantheon - La Sorbonne, Paris, France

LL.M., International Law, French Law & European Law, Jul. 2015

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY

Juris Doctor, Dec. 2015

Honors: Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal, Staffer, 2013 -2014

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Master of International Affairs, Human Development, Jun. 2012

The City College of New York, CUNY, New York, NY

BA Psychology and Philosophy (dual major), French Minor, May 2008

Honors: D’Agostino/ Greenberg Summer Internship Scholarship; Coalition of 100 Black Women Mentoring Scholarship; Bronx Community Scholarship College Stipend

Study Abroad: University Paris IV, La Sorbonne, Paris, FR

CERTIFICATIONS

CompTIA Security+ - Obtained August 2023

Bar Admission: NYS Bar (#5441563)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

•Security Technologies: Sentinel One, Cisco Secure Endpoint, Falcon CrowdStrike, Carbon Black Cloud, Microsoft Defender ATP, Azure Sentinel, Splunk ES, Splunk Search and Reporting App, McAfee Web Poxy, Nmap, Wireshark, Log Management, Anti-Virus Tools, Mimecast, Nessus

• Software: Microsoft Office, Visio, MS Project, Adobe, Salesforce, SaaS, SharePoint

• Operating System: Windows (2000,2007,10), Mac OS, Linux/Unix

• Networking: LANs, WANs, VPNs, Routers, Firewalls, TCP/IP

• Microsoft Tools: MS Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, SharePoint, Visio

• Security Frameworks: NIST SP 800 Series including NIST 800-37, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-61, NIST 800-171 NIST 800-172; ISO 27000, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SAS-70/SSAE 16, Privacy Act of 1974, Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act (GLB), HIPAA

• Ticket Systems: JIRA, Demisto (SOAR)

• OSINT: VirusTotal.com, IBM X-Force Exchange and Palo Alto Networks URL filtering – Test A Site, AbuseIPDB, IPVoid, Hybrid Analysis

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

PIMAJOY Technology & Consulting LLC – Junior SOC Analyst; January 2022 - Present

Monitor and analyze Security Information and Event Management SIEM tool (Splunk) for the purpose of determining scope, urgency, and potential impact; identify the specific vulnerability; and make recommendations that enable expeditious remediation

Utilize Splunk Enterprise Security for network and applications, including firewall, email, web, DNS, and endpoint logs analysis to identify indicators of compromise and perform the appropriate mitigation.

Investigate potentially IOCs using intrusion detection system [IDS] and intrusion prevention system [IPS] security tools and open-source threat intelligence tools, and recommend proper blocking based on analysis.

Ensure the integrity and protection of networks, systems, and applications by technical enforcement of organizational security policies, through monitoring of vulnerabilities scanning devices.

Review and investigate endpoint alerts from Carbon Black, CrowdStrike, Sentinel One and Cisco AMP.

Use Cisco Sourcefire to monitor network traffic to ensure malicious network traffic is dropped.

Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and make preventative recommendations.

Analyze and resolve DLP alerts from McAfee DLP Manager and Splunk Enterprise Security (Splunk ES) and escalate cyber privacy incidents to the Privacy Team.

Perform analysis of log files from a variety of sources (e.g., network traffic logs, firewall logs, and IDS logs) to identify possible threats to network security

Monitor external data sources (e.g., cyber defense vendor sites, US-CERT, OpDivs, Computer Emergency Response Teams, Security Focus) to maintain currency of cyber defense threat condition and determine which security issues may have an impact on the enterprise

Process Threat Intel and block malicious SHA 256 hashes, IPs and Domains following Company Playbook.

Communicate critical anomalies to clients, provide remediation recommendations and answer questions that arise.

Create and design customized Dashboards to monitor the performance of scanners and scan activities.

Perform proactive hunting for threats that may have escaped the monitoring system.

PAST EXPERIENCE

De Novo Legal – Attorney; September 2016 - December 2021

Worked on pre-litigation evidentiary matters pertaining to Second Requests and SIR production from federal law and administration agencies, including the DOJ, FTC, and CCC (Canada).

Worked on State and Federal consumer protection and anticompetitive practices in antitrust matters in proposed acquisition deals across different industries, including oil and gas, pharmaceutical, financial, and tech.

Performed insider trading internal investigation.

Worked on contract disputes in bankruptcy, employment, pharmaceutical, financial and Intellectual Property matters.

Worked on federal criminal action in violation federal human trafficking

LANGUAGE SKILLS

French – Advanced; Yoruba – Fluent

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