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Eric Muluh

Dayton

Summary

Five Years’ experience in cybersecurity helping organizations maintain compliance with various frameworks such as ISO 27001, PCI- DSS, Privacy, HIPAA,GDRP, NIST CSF, conduct Vendor Risk Assessment, Penetration test review, Vulnerability Scan review, Threat Detection & Analysis, Microsoft Excel, send out and answer to Sig Core & Sig Lite Questionnaires,Due Diligence, Soc2 Audit Preparation. I am experienced with various GRC tools: Archer, process unity, Jira, ServiceNow,Central

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Third Party Risk Analyst

PepsiCo, Inc
Fairborn
06.2020 - Current
  • Complete vendor risk assessments by clients and prospective clients
  • Provide information security due diligence on third-party vendors to determine the effectiveness of their controls
  • Evaluate client needs against security concerns and resolves various risk issues
  • Develop and monitor third-party vendor assessments
  • Implement and record assessment activities following established processes and procedures
  • Conduct third-party online reviews to assess their current information security posture and practices
  • Enhance existing questionnaire response process
  • Stay informed of regulatory and compliance information to enhance the third-party due diligence program
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of all aspects of the Information Security Program
  • Deliver threat notifications to third-party vendors
  • Observe vendor mitigation progress of identified threats
  • Coordinate, execute, and support Information Security & Business projects
  • Develop and update security policies, procedures, and best practices
  • Oversee the Information Security Program
  • Resolve security-related issues and incidents
  • Function with other business units to ensure compliance with standards and policies
  • Perform security research and knowledge of current security events
  • Oversee the Information Security Program
  • Detect Information Security & Business Continuity risks and make recommendations for solutions
  • Provide excellent customer service skills to ensure a smooth data collection experience for customers and internal business unit partners.

Vendor Management Specialist

Home Depot
Glendale
06.2019 - 05.2020
  • Facilitate vendor onboarding by performing third-party risk assessments on vendors.
  • Ensure compliance with applicable privacy and industry standards by coordinating and analyzing risk artifacts.
  • Assess completed questionnaire and supporting documentation (SIG Core, SIG Lite) to validate vendor appropriate implementation of information security controls.
  • Assist vendor relationship managers and business partners in managing and responding to risks.
  • Assess all vendors in accordance with vendor risk assessment and security assessment policies.
  • Manage vendor risk in compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements (NIST CSF, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, GDPR), ensuring robust oversight of all vendor risks and providing visibility into emerging threats.
  • Verify legal documents and pertinent paperwork for accuracy.
  • Perform audit planning, developing scope, and reporting of findings noted during an assessment.
  • Implement remediation strategies with vendors in response to findings.
  • Work with control owners and operators to ensure quality, consistency, and operability of new & existing controls.
  • Analyzing all new vendor contracts and suggesting improvements.
  • Implement appropriate IT controls to mitigate risk.
  • Ensure stakeholders are aware of vendor information security issues and what needs to be done to remediate them.
  • Ensure effective project controls by monitoring progress and reporting status for each assigned project.
  • Track third-party risks effectively using the Governance, Risk, and Compliance system.
  • Support a security awareness training program.
  • Ensure that complex and critical RFPs are reviewed and responded to.
  • Analyze trends and recommend the most effective response approaches to RFPs.

Education

Bachelor’s - Information Technology

University of Buea
01.2013

Skills

  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Meet tight corporate deadlines
  • Accuracy
  • Focused attention to detail
  • Excellent analytical skills
  • Conduct risk assessment on vendors
  • Conduct pen test reviews
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Review Vulnerability scan Reports
  • Communication proofreading
  • Ability to proofread
  • Vendor contracts
  • Content proofreading
  • Grammar proofreading
  • Detail-oriented
  • Organizational skills

Certification

  • CompTIA Security+
  • CISA

Timeline

Third Party Risk Analyst

PepsiCo, Inc
06.2020 - Current

Vendor Management Specialist

Home Depot
06.2019 - 05.2020

Bachelor’s - Information Technology

University of Buea