Naveed Farooqui

Accomplished and certified infrastructure security professional with 6 years of work experience assisting organization successfully complete enterprise-wide security projects. Proven track record of streamlining security processes, designs and implement efficient security solutions. Lead and assist multi-disciplined, multi-national teams in achieving security efficiency.

Ability to provide solution and resolve network issues to optimize network security and efficiency besides maintaining high quality standards.

Bank Al Habib, Karachi Pakistan

(April 2021 – Present)

Infrastructure Security Analyst (Cybersecurity) 

• Facilitate the evaluation of Infrastructure security tools and support deployment
• Work closely with senior management to develop service strategy and continually improve and evolve System security policy and hardening
• Perform vulnerability scanning of bank wide infrastructure assets
• Review system security controls and advise on improving
• Maintaining firewalls and security protocols
• Security review of (laptops, servers, and thin clients)
• Research and Development for new security protocols
• Security patching and dashboard monitoring ex. (Ivanti, Kaspersky)
• Vulnerability assessment through (Nexpose, Lansweeper)
• Hands on Kaspersky Security Center and (FireEye HX, EX)
• Experience with Information Security tools, solutions, and procedures i.e. SIEM (IBM QRadar) and Windows Server update services (WSUS)
• Experience working with preferred vendors and Asset on Boarding (ex, new servers)
• Worked on Bank assets inventory and MIS reports
• Maintain internal documentation and business processes

Bank Al Habib, Karachi Pakistan

(March 2021 – April 2021)

ID Security Analyst (Cybersecurity)

 

• Identify and coordinate access account adjustments required (including account disabling) in an expedient manner, as a result of Access Governance activities
• Conduct specialized and cyclical access reviews
• Handle Access Control related audit inquiries from internal and external auditors, make assignments to other team members, gather and evaluate information, and build appropriate and accurate responses within requested timelines
• Handle Access Control related audit inquiries from internal and external auditors, make assignments to other team members, gather and evaluate information for accuracy and completeness
• Analyze and summarize information to build appropriate and accurate audit responses within requested timelines
• Coordinate and perform periodic and / or ad-hoc information gathering, trend analysis, variance analysis & report generation as requested
• For potential access-related Audit Findings, from both External and Internal Audits, perform extensive review to refute or confirm finding
• For confirmed access-related Audit Findings, from both External and Internal Audits, work with various resources to identify root cause and propose remediation activities.

MASTERS NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi

MS Computer Information Security 2020-2022

BACHELORS Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi

BS Computer Engineering 2009-2013