Begimai Baktybek Kyzy

• Evaluated emerging technologies for their potential impact on organizational security posture, recommending appropriate solutions as needed.
• Contributed to business continuity planning efforts by assessing potential risks to critical systems and implementing backup strategies that ensured minimal downtime during disaster recovery scenarios.
• Managed incident response activities during critical security events, effectively containing threats and minimizing damage to systems and data.
• Led a team of security analysts to monitor and analyze potential risks, ensuring timely threat mitigation and incident response.
• Partnered with IT, Risk, and Compliance teams to assess risks, support audits, and deliver executive-level security reporting.
• Expert in Azure Active Directory, RBAC, Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and MFA enforcement.
• Deployed and managed Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Sentinel (SIEM/SOAR), and Security Center for threat detection, investigation, and automated response.
• Configured Azure Firewall, NSGs, DDoS protection, Application Gateway with WAF, and secure hybrid connectivity using VPN and ExpressRoute.

• Performed regular audits of cloud environments to ensure compliance with internal policies, industry standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Streamlined application deployment for faster delivery using containerization and orchestration technologies.
• Migrated legacy applications to the cloud, resulting in increased scalability and cost savings.
• Ensured high availability of services by designing and implementing fault-tolerant systems.
• Disaster Recovery & Backup: Implemented cloud-based backup and disaster recovery strategies, ensuring business continuity and minimal downtime.
• Managed role-based access control (RBAC) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) to protect sensitive financial data.

• Monitored and minimized credit and operational risks, ensuring compliance with regulatory and internal lending standards.
• Assessed and estimated credit risks for Credit Committee decisions; evaluated effectiveness of credit process controls.
• Conducted cash audits, enforced cash discipline, and followed up on branch compliance issues and corrective actions.
• Developed internal risk policies, trained staff, handled client appeals, and reported findings from special inspections.

Monitored operational compliance across all branches, ensuring adherence to internal policies and financial regulations. Assisted in developing and improving internal normative documents, conducted cash discipline checks, and addressed client appeals to support service quality and risk mitigation.