Christian Noel Olalia

I am a MBA post-graduate and a Computer Engineering graduate with a strong foundation in cybersecurity. As our world becomes increasingly interconnected, I want to make the world safe from exchanging digital information. I have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, so working on solutions to keep our digital world safe is very appealing.

Moreover, I am proactive and can work independently as required. I am motivated to pursue this field because it is a challenge and an opportunity to make a difference. I adhere to policies, procedures, and security practices.

• Trustwave Inc. Philippines (February 2022 - Present)
  • Security Researcher, AI and Analytics Engineering Team - Security Information Services Team
    • Builds structures to tokenize and normalize log data from 3rd party vendor security products using various methods, including regular expressions and normalization tasks
    • Develops and maintains various types of reporting content designed to provide customers with deeper analysis of their security data
    • Resolves problems independently and understands the correct escalation procedures using a myriad of development tools and skills
    • Adheres to policies, procedures, and security practices
    • Responds in a timely manner to ticketed issues from Customer Support and other departments
    • Multi-task several projects at any given time
    • Optionally exercise intermediate development skills to assist in customer integration projects, as well as enhancements to internal team tools
      • Provided enhancement to internal team tool to accommodate new field to process
    • Documents actions in tickets to effectively communicate information internally and to customers
    • Maintains lab hardware and application installations

• Trend Micro Inc. Philippines (September 2017 - February 2022)
  • Achievements:
    • Employee of the Quarter, Q1 2020
    • Top Student of Batch 101 Malware Analysis Training, Sep. 2017 - Jan. 2018
  • Threat Research Engineer, Machine Learning Team - Support Vector Machine Team (Mar 2021 – Feb 2022)
    • Released quality SVM model for Scam with no major delays and met KPIs
    • Trained SVM model for Portuguese
    • Studied and applied data science technologies that aided the team
      • Created Python script that consolidates spam and normal test results into a presentable spreadsheet
    • Contributed to updating and improving the SVM process
  • Threat Research Engineer, Escalation Team - E-mail Pattern Team (May 2018 – Feb 2021)
    • Monitored feedback logs and proactively created sensors and solutions for phishing and BEC spam
    • Provided data analysis, insights and solutions for phishing, BEC, and marketing spam, as well as false positives
    • Conducted Proof of Concept about integrating SNAP Filters in heuristic solution
    • Collaborated with other teams to enhance pattern, engine, and proactive solutions
    • Conducted Transfer of Information for web and file reputation tools for e-mail samples
    • Conducted E-mail Pattern Training for skills upgrade of engineers
    • Conducted speakership on Business E-mail Compromise (Shift++ 2020)
  • Threat Research Engineer, Threat Cleanup and Analysis Team (Feb 2018 – Apr 2018)
    • Provided analysis and solutions of malicious file samples

• Manila Electric Company (December 2016 - March 2017)
  • Technology Development Associate, Corporate Technology Strategy and Architecture – Enterprise Architecture and Technology Development Team (Dec 2016 – Mar 2017)
    • Updated Corporate Technology Standards Document for 4th Quarter of 2016 and 1st Quarter of 2017
    • Conducted and reported an audit on disinvest software and disaster recovery site
    • Conducted and reported Proof of Concepts about Mac on Meralco Domain
    • Created the mainframe, content, layout and user permissions for Technology Development Portal via SharePoint

Certifications

• Microsoft Cybersecurity Analyst (Dec. 22, 2023) - Coursera Professional Certificate
• Google IT Support (Oct. 25, 2023) - Coursera Professional Certificate
• Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity (Oct. 13, 2023) - Coursera Professional Certificate
• Google Cybersecurity (Sep. 28, 2023) - Coursera Professional Certificate
• (ISC)2 Certified in Cybersecurity (Jul. 20, 2023)
• CompTIA Security+ (Feb. 9, 2023)
• ITIL 4 Foundation (Oct. 28, 2019)

2019 - 2022: Master of Business Administration - University of the Philippines

2011 - 2016: Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering - University of the Philippines