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Solutions-oriented IT Security Specialist with notable success directing a broad range of corporate IT initiatives while participating in planning, analysis and implementation of information-security solutions in direct support of business objectives.

• Track record of increasing responsibility in secure network design, systems analysis/development and full lifecycle project management.
• Demonstrated capacity to implement innovative security programs that drive awareness, decrease exposure and strengthen organizations.
• Hands-on experience in leading all stages of system development efforts, including requirements definition, design, architecture, testing and support.
• Outstanding leadership abilities; able to coordinate and direct all phases of project-based efforts while managing, motivating and leading project teams.
• Adept at developing effective security policies and procedures, project documentation and milestones, and technical/business specifications.

Professional Experience
Project Manager Windows based Webhosting:
• Plesk
• CPanel
System Security Engineer:
• Distributed Vulnerability Assessment
• Antivirus/Antispam management
• Server hardening monitoring and management
• Product Evaluation
• Intrusion Analysis
• Formal Reporting etc.

Development:
Tons of system level scripts, portals, appliance based solutions, out of the box applications, integrated environments, customized OS, mobile application, analysis dashboard, parsing utilities, scrollers etc.


Education:

Bachelors of Computer Engineering
Sirsyed University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan.

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS & TRAININGS

• Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)
• Microsoft IIS Server 6.0 Training

Areas of Expertise

Operating System
• Red Hat Linux ( 6.x, 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, FC-3, FC-4)
• Microsoft Windows 2003, 2000 and NT 4.0 Server
• Microsoft Windows XP/2000 NT 4.0 Workstation
• Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me
• KNOPPIX
• WHOPIX
• Enterprise Linux 3
• CentOS 4.x 5.x
• OS customization

Enterprise Server Software Linux
• Apache Web Server
• Secure Shell Server
• IRC Server
• WU-FTP / ProFTPD Server
• BIND DNS Server
• Sendmail Mail Server

Enterprise Server Software Microsoft
• Internet Information Server (IIS)
• Microsoft Office Sharepoint Portal Server
• Microsoft Exchange
• Microsoft Active Directory
• DNS Server
• FTP Server
• Service for Unix – SFU
• Microsoft Esmtp

Programming
• PHP
• ASP
• Visual Basic
• Perl/CGI
• Python
• J2ME

Databases
• MySQL
• MSSQL
• Access
• Oracle

Security
• Information Security Management
• Access Control & Password Management
• Security Policy Development and Implementation
• Vulnerability Scanning
• Penetration Testing
• Firewalls ( IPTables)
• Intrusion Detection Systems (SourceFire, Snort, etc)
• Cryptographic Implementations
• Securing/Hardening UNIX / Linux
• Securing/Hardening Windows
• Data Backup & Recovery Management
• Honeypots / Honeynet
• Risk Management & Auditing

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