Agbor Etengeneng
Lawrenceville,Georgia
Summary
Cybersecurity Professional with 5 years of experience. Motivated and results-driven Security Analyst with the ability and knowledge to utilize security controls to mitigate vulnerabilities, achieve confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational information, and information systems. Skilled with investigating suspicious activity, ability to read and analyze events using various security toolsets. Strong work ethics, detail-oriented team player with excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SOC Analyst
Saic (Science Applications Int.)
Flexwork, FL
04.2020 - 12.2023
- Monitor, analyze and respond to security events from a variety of SEIM data sources.
- Triage security alerts from a variety of sources including network devices, servers, end users, threat intelligence services.
- Analyze and investigate cyber events using various logs including email, firewall, endpoint, IDS/IPS, and other network devices in an enterprise security information and event management (SIEM).
- Validate intrusion detection system (IDS) alerts against network traffic using packet analysis tools.
- Work with end users or system administrators and various vendors to mitigate security incidents.
- Staying up to date with current vulnerabilities, attacks, and countermeasures.
- Escalated open ticket to Tier II or Tier III after eliminating false positives.
- Utilized various security tools such as Wireshark, spunk, Cyberchef, Tanium, FireEye, Virus Total, PassiveTotal and other OSINT to perform analysis and investigations.
- Document all activities during an incident and provide leadership with status updates during the life cycle of the incident.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Information Security Analyst (ISSO)
Primepay
Independence, OH
01.2019 - 07.2020
- Developed, reviewed and evaluated Security Plan based on NIST Special Publications 800-58.
- Assessed System Security Controls using SP 800-53A
- Prepared Security Assessment and Authorization (SA&A) packages to ascertain that management, operational and technical security controls adhere to NIST SP 800-53 standards.
- Assessed program and security controls using Organization IT Security Policy Handbook and NIST Special Publications to provide information necessary to determine their overall effectiveness.
- Performed Contingency Plan Test and Training to ensure systems recoverability as defined in IT systems security requirements.
- Created and updated the following Security Assessment and Authorization (SA&A) artifacts; FIPS 199, Security Test and Evaluations (ST&Es), Risk Assessments (RAs), Privacy Threshold Analysis (PTA), Privacy Impact Analysis (PIA), E-Authentication, Contingency Plan, Plan of Action and Milestones (POAMs).
- Reviewed network traffic logs to identify signs of unauthorized access and underlying network vulnerabilities, explaining breaches and surrounding conditions to client.
- Analyzed security procedure violations and developed plans to prevent recurrence.
- Developed and updated System Security Plans (SSP), Contingency Plans, Disaster Recovery Plan, Incident Response Plans, and Configuration Management.
IT Systems Administrator
Hilltrust Global
City, STATE
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Provided desktop support to end-users by responding to requests for technical assistance.
- Performed preventive maintenance and upgraded systems to improve network, system and data availability and integrity.
- Diagnosed and resolved technical hardware and software issues.
- Installed computer peripherals for end users.
- Updated virus protection systems based on computer virus reports.
- Managed user identities, credentials, and privileges on local servers
- Configured systems in accordance with system security policy.
- Conducted record searches and coordinated with other units on procedural problems involving complex cases.
- Monitored and maintained client computers and network infrastructure to ensure optimal performance, reliability, and security
- Generated reports using statistical software in response to user requests.
- Performed other duties as assigned.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Buea
Buea , Cameroon08.2014
Skills
Skills/Core Competencies
SECURITY & COMPUTER FORENSICS TOOL
- Tanium, Carbon Black, Splunk, Cylance, FirePower, Carbon Black
- Reporting and Documentation
- Anti-Virus Tools; (Norton, Symantec)
Vulnerability Tools: Tenable Nessus, Qualys
Systems: Windows PC/Server, iOS, Linux, Active Directory (AD), etc
Networking: Various network communication (eg, LAN, WAN, MAN, WLAN, WWAN), VPN, Router, Firewall, TCP/IP,
Software: Cisco VPN, ServiceNow, Remedy, SharePoint, MS Office suites, etc
CORE COMPETENCIES:
- Vulnerability management
- Investigation and Incident Response
- Incident Event Management
- log morning monitoring and gathering
- PCAP analysis
- Monitoring Computer Viruses
- Knowledge of threats, vulnerabilities, risks, attacks and the process of mitigating risks
- Understanding of how to read inbound and outbound traffic
- Risk Assessment and Analysis
- Risk Management Framework (RMF)
- NIST Special Publications/ FIPS 199/200/ CSAM, eMass, SSP, FedRamp, POAMs, ATO Packages, Security Controls, SharePoint FISMA
Certification
- CompTIA Security+
- AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate - In progress
Timeline
SOC Analyst
Saic (Science Applications Int.)
04.2020 - 12.2023
Information Security Analyst (ISSO)
Primepay
01.2019 - 07.2020
IT Systems Administrator
Hilltrust Global
01.2017 - 01.2020
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Buea
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