MARY PRECIOUS MADUMA
Cybersecurity Specialist
Pretoria,Gauteng
Summary
Watchful professional offering comprehensive, hands-on experience identifying, investigating and responding to information security alerts. Expertise in searching through data-sets to detect threats and anomalies and administering metrics to maintain security processes and controls. Focused on helping businesses safeguard sensitive data from hackers and cyber-criminals.
Overview
3
3
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
CYBER SECURITY SPECIALIST
CSIR
04.2021
- Developing and implementing security policies, procedures, and best practices
- Managing and maintaining security-related hardware and software, ensuring all systems are up-to-date and in compliance with industry standards and regulations
- Conducting security awareness training
- Performing vulnerability assessments and penetration testing
- Managing security incidents and implementing security incident response plans
- Utilizing Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems
- Collaborating cross-functionally to ensure effective security measures
- Conducting security risk assessments and developing mitigation strategies
- Implementing and maintaining security architecture and design
- Staying up to date with the latest cyber security trends and techniques
- Familiarity with various cybersecurity frameworks, such as NIST, ISO, and CIS
- Knowledge of encryption and cryptography
- Identity and access management
- Intrusion detection and prevention.
NETWORK ENGINEER
DROPPA
09.2018 - 11.2019
- Monitoring network engineering performance and ensuring system availability and reliability
- Configuring and installing various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN)
- Performing network maintenance and system upgrades, including service packs, patches, hot fixes, and security configurations
- Working within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval, and success of changes made to the network infrastructure
- Selecting and implementing security tools, policies, and procedures in conjunction with the company's security team
- Liaising with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution
- Troubleshooting network issues and working with others to resolve them
- Providing support to users, staff members, clients, or suppliers.
Education
NDIP COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING -
TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Pretoria01.2021
Skills
- Security governance principles
- Security Audits
- Disaster Recovery Planning
- Identity and Access Management
- Project Management
- Technical Writing
- Risk Management
- Threat Modelling
- Security Controls Testing
- Network Security- VLANs, VPN
- Content Filtering Solutions
- Anti-virus and malware protection
- Change Management
- Network Design and Planning
- Firewall Administration
- Penetration testing
- ISO 27002 implementation
- Research and Investigation
- User Awareness & Training
- Incident handling and query logging
- Technology research and recommendation
- Operating System hardening
Certification
- EC-COUNCIL CEH (CERTIFIED ETHICAL HACKER)
- CYBERSECURITY ANALYST TRAINED
- NIST FRAMEWORK TRAINED
Accomplishments
Completed Application Security course
Timeline
CYBER SECURITY SPECIALIST
CSIR
04.2021
NETWORK ENGINEER
DROPPA
09.2018 - 11.2019
NDIP COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING -
TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
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