Muhammad O.

Solutions-oriented IT Security Specialist with notable success directing a broad range of corporate IT initiatives while participating in planning, analysis and implementation of information-security solutions in direct support of business objectives. * Track record of increasing responsibility in secure network design, systems analysis/development and full lifecycle project management. * Demonstrated capacity to implement innovative security programs that drive awareness, decrease exposure and strengthen organizations. * Hands-on experience in leading all stages of system development efforts, including requirements definition, design, architecture, testing and support. * Outstanding leadership abilities; able to coordinate and direct all phases of project-based efforts while managing, motivating and leading project teams. * Adept at developing effective security policies and procedures, project documentation and milestones, and technical/business specifications. Professional Experience Project Manager Windows based Webhosting: * Plesk * CPanel System Security Engineer: * Distributed Vulnerability Assessment * Antivirus/Antispam management * Server hardening monitoring and management * Product Evaluation * Intrusion Analysis * Formal Reporting etc. Development: Tons of system level scripts, portals, appliance based solutions, out of the box applications, integrated environments, customized OS, mobile application, analysis dashboard, parsing utilities, scrollers etc. Education: Bachelors of Computer Engineering SSUET Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS & TRAININGS * Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) * Microsoft IIS Server 7.0 Training Areas of Expertise Operating System * Red Hat Linux ( 6.x, 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, FC-3, FC-4) * Microsoft Windows 2003, 2000 and NT 4.0 Server * Microsoft Windows XP/2000 NT 4.0 Workstation * KNOPPIX * WHOPIX * Enterprise Linux 3 * CentOS 4.x 5.x * OS customization Enterprise Server Software Linux * Apache Web Server * Secure Shell Server * IRC Server * WU-FTP / ProFTPD Server * BIND DNS Server * Sendmail Mail Server Enterprise Server Software Microsoft * Internet Information Server (IIS) * Microsoft Office Sharepoint Portal Server * Microsoft Exchange * Microsoft Active Directory * DNS Server * FTP Server * Service for Unix * SFU * Microsoft Esmtp Programming * PHP * ASP * Visual Basic * Perl/CGI * Python * J2ME Databases * MySQL * MSSQL * Access * Oracle Security ? Information Security Management ? Access Control & Password Management ? Security Policy Development and Implementation ? Vulnerability Scanning ? Penetration Testing ? Firewalls ( IPTables) ? Intrusion Detection Systems (SourceFire, Snort, etc) ? Cryptographic Implementations ? Securing/Hardening UNIX / Linux ? Securing/Hardening Windows ? Data Backup & Recovery Management ? Honeypots / Honeynet ? Risk Management & Auditing