FRANCES AMIHERE
FL
Summary
Information security professional with four years of experience developing and implementing security solutions in accordance with Governance, Risk Assessment and Mitigation and Compliance in fast paced environments. Skilled in Vulnerability management and incident response with proven history of delivering exceptional risk management support with extensive experience developing and testing security framework for cloud-based software. I am detail Oriented and have excellent written and communication skills and known for reliability and strategic approach to maintaining a robust security posture.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Information Security Analyst
Diaspocare
01.2025 - Current
- Provide consultation and technical services on all aspects of information security.
- Developed, implemented and documented security programs and policies and monitor compliance across departments.
- Perform risk and vulnerability assessments and provide results and recommendations to senior management.
- Created Policies and procedures for emerging security technologies and proposals.
- Perform risk analysis to identify appropriate security countermeasures.
- Led teams of 5 in developing and implementing security systems, resulting in 30% fewer threats.
- Created cybersecurity best practice communications to educate staff against known threats and potential vectors of attack.
- Performed secure user identification and authentication best practices by following access control policies to maintain compliance to ISO/IEC 27001 and CIS controls v8.1.
- Collaborated with third party payment card industry (PCI) compliance partners.
- Recommend improvements in security systems and procedures.
- Conduct security audits to identify vulnerabilities.
- Maintain security documentation and records.
Information Security Analyst
E-Cube Technology
08.2020 - 10.2024
- Conducted internal audits to identify areas of improvement within the organization's information security program.
- Collaborated with IT teams to ensure seamless integration of security measures into existing infrastructure.
- Conducted security audits to identify vulnerabilities.
- Streamlined threat monitoring processes for quicker identification of potential risks.
- Increased organizational resilience with the development of comprehensive disaster recovery plans.
- Optimized resource allocation by prioritizing identified risks based on their potential impact on business operations.
- Managed relationships with third-party vendors to ensure timely delivery of essential security products and services.
- Boosted cybersecurity awareness among employees through effective training sessions and workshops.
- Analyzed network traffic and system logs to detect malicious activities.
- Assessed vendor security during procurement processes, ensuring compliance with company policies and industry best practices.
- Recommend improvements in security systems and procedures.
- Performed risk analyses to identify appropriate security countermeasures.
- Improved incident response times by creating and maintaining detailed incident response procedures.
Education
University of Ghana (UG)
Skills
- Effective Communication
- Aptitude for hard work
- Self-motivated
- Critical thinking skills
- Analytical acumen
- Threat intelligence
- Vulnerability assessment
- Security awareness training
- Risk mitigation
- SIEM management
- Compliance management
- PCI Compliance
- Incident response management
- Regulatory compliance
- Cybersecurity expertise
- Security policy development
- Best practices implementation
- Information auditing
- Security evaluation
- CIS Compliance
- Risk analysis & mitigation
- Data analysis
Certification
CompTIA Security +: In progress
LANGUAGES
English
Timeline
Information Security Analyst
Diaspocare
01.2025 - Current
Information Security Analyst
E-Cube Technology
08.2020 - 10.2024
University of Ghana (UG)
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