IT Security Consultant

The candidate is an experienced IT security officer who produces various information security reports such as information risk and security status reports for management, monitoring trends in information security and cyber risks. The candidate is also responsible for installing, configuring and updating security software. He is proficient in English at a communicative level, both written and verbal.

09/2018 - present: Information Security Specialist at Company A

• Creating information security reports and reporting on information risk & security status to management and the board of directors.
• Tracking trends in information security and cyber risk areas and organizing the internal ICT risk committee.
• Assessing the risk of critical applications and creating security procedures and policies.
• Managing information security risks and supervising the IT security risks, including the management of the register of identified gaps.
• Communicating with IT security vendors and providing information security statements on new and active products.

01/2014 - 08/2018: IT Security Specialist & IT System Administrator at Company B

• Developing IT security directives and policies based on ISO 27002 standard and conducting security trainings for employees.
• Implementing GDPR across the company and creating security reports for management.
• Identifying vulnerabilities on servers, applications, and workstations and fixing them.
• Managing patch management, antivirus solution, ACL lists, SSL certificates, and firewalls.
• Administering Linux and Windows servers, workstations, internal applications, databases, and VMware environment.

11/2011 - 12/2013: IT Specialist at Company C

• Building LAN networks and supervising networks, servers, and workstations for small to medium companies.
• Configuring internet connections such as DSL, optical, and satellite.
• Communicating with vendors and customers.
• Managing connections to the internet.

Education:

• 2010 - 2011: Telecommunications Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.
• 2006 - 2010: Telecommunications and Electrical Engineering, Secondary Technical School in Myjava.

Skills: Information security, ISO 27002, CIS, Linux, Windows servers, change management, firewalls, IPS/IDS, ESA, WSA, application security, vulnerability assessment, incident response.