Esther Akinlade
Third Party Risk Assessor
Johannesburg,GP
Summary
Enthusiastic IT risk assessor eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Clear understanding, prioritizing and mitigating of risk in information assets, people processes and technologies and training in other cybersecurity domains. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in Information and information system security.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
15
15
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certificates
Work History
Third Party Risk Assessor
Kumbie Technologies
Sandton , Johannesburg
01.2018 - Current
- Document and define risks, potential impacts, and such an event's
probability. - We create strong working relationships with critical vendors to ensure a smooth and continuous audit.
- Reviewed compliance reports such as SOC 1 & 2, ISO 27001 SOA, PCI-DSS, Pentests to validate and make a recommendation on findings.
- Ensured application security design is per policy
- Consulted with technical teams to ensure security controls are backed into the evaluation, selection, design, installation, and hardware, applications, software, and private/public cloud solution
Technical Support Specialist
JTA Communications (PTY) LTD
Balfour park, Johannesburg
04.2015 - 04.2017
- Developed and tested new product offerings prior to release to assist development team in bug identification.
- Resolved diverse range of technical issues across multiple systems and applications for customers and end-users across various time zones.
- Provided Tier 1 IT support to non-technical internal users through desk side support services.
- Built and maintained internal knowledge bases for support products to expand available feedback and performance data.
- Provided documentation on start-up, shut down and first-level troubleshooting of technical processes to support desk staff.
- Loaded software, granted permissions and configured hardware for new employees as part of onboarding process.
Education
West African Senior School Certificate (WAEC) -
Baptist Senior High School
Lagos, Nigeria 05.2005 - 12.2011
National Certificates N4-N6 - Business Management
Whitestone College
Johannesburg 01.2013 - 12.2014
Higher Certificate - Economics And Management Science
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa 07.2015 - 06.2016
Bachelor's of Commerce - Business Informatics
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa 06.2016 - 12.2021
Skills
Risk management abilities
Third-party collaboration
Risk advisory
Project Management
Desktop support
Technical issues analysis
TCP/IP
ITIL best practices
Certification
PRINCE2 Agile Foundation in Agile Project Management
Timeline
PRINCE2 Agile Foundation in Agile Project Management
01-2021
IT Information Library Foundations (ITILv4)
12-2020
Third Party Risk Assessor
Kumbie Technologies
01.2018 - Current
Bachelor's of Commerce - Business Informatics
University of South Africa
06.2016 - 12.2021
Higher Certificate - Economics And Management Science
University of South Africa
07.2015 - 06.2016
Technical Support Specialist
JTA Communications (PTY) LTD
04.2015 - 04.2017
National Certificates N4-N6 - Business Management
Whitestone College
01.2013 - 12.2014
West African Senior School Certificate (WAEC) -
Baptist Senior High School
05.2005 - 12.2011