Yusuf Katamba
SENIOR CYBERSECURITY LEADER
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Senior Cybersecurity Leader with 10+ years of experience driving enterprise vulnerability management, SOC operations, and security engineering programs in highly regulated environments. Proven ability to reduce organizational risk through risk-based vulnerability prioritization, threat detection, and incident response leadership. Trusted partner to IT, DevOps, and executive leadership for measurable cyber risk reduction.
Experience
Vulnerability Management Analyst - CenterPoint Energy
(2021-01)
Lead enterprise vulnerability management across on-prem and cloud environments supporting thousands of assets.
- Reduced critical and high-risk vulnerabilities by 45% using risk-based prioritization.
- Improved scan coverage and accuracy by 40% across Tenable, Qualys, and Rapid7.
- Achieved 92% on-time remediation for critical findings through cross-team coordination.
- Develop executive dashboards communicating risk posture and remediation trends.
SOC Analyst - Memorial Hermann
(2019-01 - 2021-12)
Monitored and triaged SIEM and EDR alerts in a large healthcare environment.
- Reduced MTTD by 20% through improved triage and escalation.
- Supported forensic investigations and post-incident reviews.
Senior Security Engineer - Chevron Phillips Chemical
(2015-01 - 2019-12)
- Implemented firewalls, SIEM, and EDR increasing detection coverage by 35%.
- Reduced attack surface by 30% via CIS and NIST hardening.
- Accelerated detection-to-response timelines by 25%.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Business Administration & Finance - Makerere University Business School
