IMAREN E. OBANOR
East Orange,NJ
Summary
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer with 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, administering, and optimizing enterprise cybersecurity and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions across highly regulated banking, financial services, insurance, and professional-services environments. Specialized in protecting sensitive and regulated information including PCI-DSS, SOX, PII, PHI/health information, financial records, intellectual property, source code, customer data, and employee information.
Extensive hands-on experience with Proofpoint DLP, Symantec DLP, Endpoint DLP, Email DLP, Network DLP, Data Discovery, Data-at-Rest (DAR), Exact Data Matching (EDM), Optical Character Recognition (OCR), CASB, cloud data protection, insider-risk controls, and sensitive-data detection. Experienced in designing DLP policies, dictionaries, detectors, conditions, exceptions, policy routes, notification workflows, and enforcement controls. Strong background in integrating DLP platforms with Splunk, IBM QRadar, SIEM platforms, Security Operations teams, vulnerability-management platforms, endpoint-security solutions, and Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) technologies. Proven experience supporting enterprise-scale deployments involving 40,000+ endpoint devices, policy migrations, platform modernization, security control validation, false-positive reduction, incident investigation, and DLP program metrics.
Experienced in applying MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, vulnerability management, endpoint protection, identity and access security, network security, cloud security, and security monitoring principles to strengthen enterprise security posture and reduce data-exfiltration risk.
Overview
1
1
Certification
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
SENIOR CYBERSECURITY ENGINEER
ADP
Roseland, NJ
06.2023 - Current
- Data Loss Prevention Engineering & Architecture; DLP Migration & Platform Modernization; SIEM & Security Integration; Conducted security validation processes to ensure system integrity. & Breach Simulation; Security Operations, Developed metrics and governance frameworks to support data security initiatives.
- Design, engineer, implement, and maintain enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP) controls focused on protecting confidential, regulated, financial, customer, employee, and proprietary information.
- Led deployment of Proofpoint DLP endpoint agents across 46,000 Windows, VDI, and macOS endpoints, coordinating phased deployment, testing, validation, and production rollout to enhance data protection.
- Designed the Proofpoint DLP architecture supporting endpoint, email, web, and enterprise data-protection requirements.
- Developed controlled deployment strategy utilizing test groups, pilot populations, deployment rings, and production rollout phases to minimize business disruption during DLP implementation.
- Created and documented approximately 32 DLP policies and rules in Confluence prior to configuration, acceptance testing, approval, and production migration.
- Led the migration of enterprise DLP policies and controls from Symantec DLP to Proofpoint DLP.
- Integrated Proofpoint DLP with Splunk and IBM QRadar SIEM using webhooks to enhance centralized security monitoring and event visibility.
- Integrated DLP capabilities with Cymulate Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) for continuously validating DLP controls.
- Supported the decommissioning of 67 Symantec DLP servers, including Network Prevent for Email, Network Prevent for Web, Discover, Endpoint, and Enforce infrastructure.
- Manually deployed Proofpoint ITM SaaS Windows agents to 200 test systems to support Proof-of-Concept (PoC), functionality validation, and deployment-readiness assessments.
- Developed and maintained Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) supporting executive and stakeholder reporting.
INFORMATION SECURITY ENGINEER
PwC
New York, NY
12.2021 - 04.2023
- Data Loss Prevention Engineering; Enterprise Deployment & Migration; Security Monitoring & SIEM; Security Collaboration
- Implemented and supported Proofpoint Data Loss Prevention capabilities for an enterprise environment with a focus on protecting sensitive financial, employee, customer, and corporate information.
- Integrated Email DLP with Microsoft Exchange, firewall, proxy, and security infrastructure to identify and control unauthorized transmission of sensitive information.
- Developed and configured 25 Endpoint DLP/ITM policies and rules to enhance data protection across the organization.
- Coordinated with the SCCM team to deploy approximately 40,000 Proofpoint endpoint agents across enterprise laptops.
- Deployed Proofpoint ITM SaaS Windows agents to 30 test systems, validating effectiveness for future enterprise rollout.
- Supported the migration of DLP policies from Symantec DLP 15.7 to Proofpoint DLP.
- Integrated Proofpoint DLP with IBM QRadar SIEM using webhooks.
- Supported the upgrade of Proofpoint agents from version 1.9 to 2.0, ensuring system compliance and functionality.
INFORMATION SECURITY ENGINEER
OneMain Financial
Bordentown, NJ
08.2020 - 11.2021
- Symantec DLP & Data Protection; Cloud Security & CASB; Vulnerability Management; Endpoint & Network Security; Disaster Recovery & Security Resilience
- Configured and maintained Symantec Data Loss Prevention controls to ensure compliance with regulatory and corporate data-protection requirements.
- Developed DLP policies aligned with SOX, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and internal data-security requirements.
- Configured Symantec Vector Machine Learning (VML) detection capabilities to enhance identification and protection of proprietary source code information.
- Designed and implemented Exact Data Match (EDM) policies to accurately identify sensitive PII and financial records.
- Conducted Data-at-Rest (DAR) scans across NAS shares and endpoints using Symantec DLP 15.7.
- Configured and utilized Optical Character Recognition (OCR) capabilities to detect sensitive information contained within image-based documents.
- Configured and monitored Symantec CASB controls to safeguard cloud/SaaS applications including Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and Box.
- Utilized Tenable Nessus/SecurityCenter to identify applications and systems affected by missing patches, outdated software, known vulnerabilities, and emerging security risks.
- Utilized CrowdStrike Falcon to monitor and protect enterprise servers and workstations against malware and endpoint threats.
- Worked with Cisco Umbrella to provide DNS-layer security and protect users from malicious domains and internet-based threats.
- Exported Symantec DLP policies and configurations to local storage for enhanced security.
Education
Bachelor of Science (BSc) - Computer Science
University of Benin
Edo State, Nigeria07-2010
Skills
- Enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
- Data Security & Information Protection
- Data Classification & Sensitive Data Identification
- Data Exfiltration Prevention
- Data Discovery & Data-at-Rest Protection
- Data-in-Motion Protection
- Data-in-Use Protection
- Endpoint DLP
- Email DLP
- Network DLP
- Web DLP
- Cloud DLP
- USB/Removable Media Controls
- Insider Risk & Data Exfiltration Controls
- PII/PHI/PCI/SOX Data Protection
- Intellectual Property Protection
- Source Code Protection
- DLP Incident Investigation & Triage
- False Positive Reduction & Rule Optimization
- DLP Policy Lifecycle Management
- Proofpoint DLP / Proofpoint ITM
- Symantec DLP
- Symantec Enforce
- Symantec Endpoint Prevent
- Symantec Network Prevent
- Symantec Network Discover
- Symantec Data Loss Prevention 157
- Proofpoint Email DLP
- Proofpoint Endpoint DLP
- Proofpoint Auto Updater
- Exact Data Match (EDM)
- Vector Machine Learning (VML)
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
- Data-at-Rest (DAR) Scanning
- Content Enumeration
- DLP Dictionaries & Detectors
- DLP Conditions, Exceptions & Policy Routes
- Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)
- AWS Cloud Security
- Microsoft 365 Data Protection
- Salesforce Security
- Box Security
- Proxy Servers
- Web Security
- DNS Security
- Cisco Umbrella
- DMZ Architecture
- Network Security Controls
- Firewall Security
- Secure Internet Gateway Concepts
- Splunk
- IBM QRadar SIEM
- Security Incident Investigation
- DLP Incident Triage
- Security Alert Analysis
- Security Event Correlation
- Security Dashboards
- Security Metrics & Reporting
- KRI/KPI Development
- Security Control Validation
- Security Risk Reporting
- CrowdStrike Falcon EDR
- Endpoint Protection
- Endpoint Security Administration
- Endpoint Agent Deployment
- SCCM/Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager
- Endpoint Performance Monitoring
- Agent Health Monitoring
- Security Configuration
- Malware Detection & Prevention
- Threat Detection & Response
- Tenable Nessus / SecurityCenter
- Vulnerability Management
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Patch & Configuration Validation
- Zero-Day Vulnerability Analysis
- Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS)
- Cymulate
- AttackIQ
- Security Gap Analysis
- Security Drift Detection
- MITRE ATT&CK Framework
- Cyber Kill Chain
- Identity & Access Management (IAM)
- DNS
- DHCP
- Network Infrastructure
- Proxy Infrastructure
- DMZ Security
- Lansweeper
- Jira
- ServiceNow
- Confluence
- Azure DevOps
- Change Management
- Regulatory Compliance
- Security Policies & Procedures
- Security Control Documentation
- Varonis
Certification
CompTIA Security+
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS
Enterprise Data Loss Prevention Engineering; Data Security Architecture; Sensitive Data Discovery & Classification; DLP Policy Development & Enforcement; Data Exfiltration Detection & Prevention; Endpoint Security Engineering; Email & Web Data Protection; Cloud Data Security; Insider Risk Controls; Security Incident Investigation; DLP Incident Triage; SIEM Integration; Security Control Validation; Vulnerability Management; Security Automation & Monitoring; Security Risk & Compliance; Security Metrics and Executive Reporting; Enterprise Security Architecture; Cross-Functional Security Engineering; Security Program Continuous Improvement
Timeline
SENIOR CYBERSECURITY ENGINEER
ADP
06.2023 - Current
INFORMATION SECURITY ENGINEER
PwC
12.2021 - 04.2023
INFORMATION SECURITY ENGINEER
OneMain Financial
08.2020 - 11.2021
Bachelor of Science (BSc) - Computer Science
University of Benin