IT Security Consultant

The candidate is a certified cyber security auditor and senior consultant focusing on security for clients across a variety of sectors with 8 years of experience. He can also offer an internal audit service as an independent consultant, that independence is important as this is not done by people employed somewhere. Communication in English is at an excellent level. He works in a Ltd. where there are 4 other colleagues, but he acts as Team leader.

• 2022 - Present: Security Specialist, Košice, Slovak Republic. Responsibilities include consulting in information and cyber security, preparing security documentation, and implementing security measures.
• 2022 - Present: Auditor in Training, Slovak Republic. Independent auditor in the training of management systems according to ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO 9001.
• 2021 - Present: Cybersecurity Auditor, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Independent auditor in IT auditing and security, collaborating with various security service providers.
• 2020 - Present: Independent Specialist in Information and Cybersecurity, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Independent auditor in IT auditing and security, consultant in IT and security, collaborating with various security service providers.
• 2017 - Present: External Collaborator, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. External lecturer, consultant for final projects, and member of various committees.
• 2020 - 2022: Cybersecurity Auditor and Lecturer, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Head of the certification department for management systems, certified cybersecurity auditor, and lecturer for the cybersecurity manager course according to the cybersecurity law.
• 2018 - 2020: Risk Advisory Senior Consultant, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Responsibilities included IT audits, NBS IT reviews, post-implementation assessment of IT systems, IT management, risk and compliance management, project management, and quality assurance in cybersecurity.
• 2015 - 2018: Risk Assurance Senior Associate, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Responsibilities included IT audits, IT management, risk and compliance management, project management, and information and cybersecurity.
• 2013 - 2015: IT Advisory Analyst, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Responsibilities included IT audits, penetration tests, social engineering, IT management, risk and compliance management, project management, and information security.
• 2011: Software Developer, Geneva, Switzerland. Developed monitoring software for the ALICE experiment.

Education:

• 2008 - 2013: Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics. Major in Applied Informatics with a specialization in Information System Security.

Certifications and Training:

• ITIL v4 Foundation, PeopleCert, 2021.
• Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer, ISACA, 2021.
• Certified Cybersecurity Auditor, KCCKB, 2020.
• Security Clearance for Access to Classified Information - Confidential, NBÚ, 2020.
• PRINCE2 Foundation, Axelos, 2019.
• ISO 22301:2012 Internal Auditor, LRQA, 2017.
• CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional, (ISC)2, 2017.
• ISO 27001:2013 Internal Auditor, DNV GL, 2016.
• CISA - Certified Information Systems Auditor, ISACA, 2016.