Benjamin Frimpong
Summary
Information technology and security professional with experience at leveraging Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools, incident response, and vulnerability management to enhance organizational security. Possess comprehensive Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) knowledge with hands-on experience in implementing security policies and procedures.. Dedicated to continual learning through training and certification courses, as well as daily practice in a home lab. Exceptional communication and prioritization skills.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
92A Automated Logistical Specialist
Department of the Army
Monclova, OH
07.2023 - Current
- Maintained and updated automated supply and ERP systems, including Standard Army Retail Supply System and Global Combat Support System-Army.
- Developed a system to track all supplies using barcode scanners.
- Created reports on inventory levels, movement of items, and stock requirements.
- Conducted regular physical inventories to ensure accuracy of records.
- Organized storage areas for efficient retrieval of materials.
- Managed the shipping, receiving process for incoming, outgoing materials.
- Assisted in loading and unloading shipments from trucks and other vehicles.
- Prepared bills of lading for shipment of supplies.
- Coordinated with vendors to order necessary materials as needed.
- Ensured that orders were placed in accordance with government regulations and policies.
- Manipulated data into databases such as Microsoft Access or Excel spreadsheets.
- Provided technical support to personnel on the use of automated logistics systems.
- Analyzed inventory trends and forecast future needs based on historical usage patterns.
Education
Master of Science - Applied Security And Analytics
The University of Findlay
Findlay, OH12-2024
BSc. Computer Science -
University of Burgundy
Dijon, France06-2020
HND Electrical/Electronic Engineering -
Accra Technical University
Accra, Ghana06-2018
Skills
- Data Analysis: SQL, Data Visualization (Tableau, Power BI)
- Programming Languages: Python
- Operating Systems: Linux, Windows
- Linux Commands
- Excel
- ERP systems
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Incident Response and Threat Detection
- Vulnerability Management
- Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)
- Security Assessments and Audits
- Security Policies and Procedures
- Security Awareness Training
- IT Compliance Frameworks (eg, NIST, ISO/IEC 27001)
CYBERSECURITY PROJECTS
- Prepared, executed, and reported on audit of subset of NIST SP 800-53 cybersecurity controls to include interview, document review, and testing of systems to support compliance audit activities.
- Knowledgeable on NIST Cybersecurity Framework and how the Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover categories comprise and facilitate an information security program
- Developed concise, tailored cybersecurity awareness content, improving targeted end-user base cyber hygiene
- Developed Just-In-Time cybersecurity awareness content for emerging threats to reduce operational risk to tailored audiences
- Semi-quantitatively analyzed cybersecurity risk using NIST SP 800-30 methodology to identify highest risk weaknesses for a system
- Executed threat modeling exercise to determine higher likelihood threat events to inform cybersecurity risk modeling
- Developed Information Security policy to establish authorized access management and authenticator management for internal and third-party personnel.
- Ensured policy documents are aligned with business objectives, implementable by the organization, and practical for compliance by ensuring purpose, scope, authority, and policy statements incorporate operational perspective and constraints
- Conducted vulnerability assessments and recommended remediation strategies using Nessus Vulnerability scanner
Certification
- CompTIA Security+ ce Certification
- Databases and SQL for Data Science with Python (IBM)
- Simply Cyber GRC Analyst Master Class (Governance, Risk, and Compliance)
Timeline
92A Automated Logistical Specialist
Department of the Army
07.2023 - Current
Master of Science - Applied Security And Analytics
The University of Findlay
BSc. Computer Science -
University of Burgundy
HND Electrical/Electronic Engineering -
Accra Technical University
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