Yusuf Katamba

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.

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%.

Bachelor's Degree - Business Administration & Finance - Makerere University Business School