Nimo Abdulle
Minneapolis,MN
Summary
Cybersecurity specialist with knowledge and qualifications in safeguarding the digital ecosystem. Skillful in monitoring network security, identifying vulnerabilities, and implementing protective measures to defend against cyber threats. Highly proficient in conducting security audits, penetration testing, and ensuring data privacy compliance.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SECURITY OPERTIONS ANALYST
BMO Bank
12.2022 - Current
- Configure, tune, and maintain security monitoring and detection tools to optimize performance and accuracy.
- Working on assigning ticketing queue using service-now tool
- Monitor inbound and outbound network traffic, Creatinga customized rules in the Palo Alto firewall, block malicious domains/IPs in the Firewall, and create a service whitelist to improve security.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest features, updates, and best practices for security tools
- Conduct in-depth analysis of security data and logs to identify hidden threats or persistent adversaries.
- Experienced using Tenable for scanning the assets, looking for vulnerabilities and threats.
SECURITY OPERATIONS ANALYST
Aldi
01.2021 - 10.2022
- Monitored and analyzed security events and logs, achieving a 95% response rate to alerts and notifications within 15 minutes.
- Conducted malware analysis to determine capabilities and develop indicators of compromise
- Successfully enhanced system reliability and availability by 30% through the configuration and maintenance of security tools and systems.
- Conducted network forensic investigations including packet analyzing
- Documented all activities during an incident and provided support with status updates during the life cycle of the incident
- Developed and implemented security policies, procedures, and best practices, to decrease security incidents and breaches.
- Completed an intrusion scope and root cause analysis for security incidents.
- Developed, implemented, and monitored process control metrics to ensure compliance with operational standards.
Education
Master of Science - Cyber Operations
Metropolitan State University
Saint Paul, MN12-2024
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
University Utara Malaysia
Skills
- Strong knowledge and demonstrable experience of information security technologies and methods
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced, challenging, operations environment with 24/7 shifts
- Demonstrable knowledge of networking (TCP/IP, topology, and security), operating systems (Windows/UNIX), and web technologies (Internet security)
- Ability to read system data, including but not limited to security and network event logs, web, anti-virus,DLP syslog's IPS,and firewall logs
- Excellent working knowledge on the Service Now ticketing tool
- SIEM (Security Information and Event Management)
- Wireshark
- Intrusion Detection System
- Firewall configuration
- Penetration Testing
- Regulatory Compliance
- Monitoring computer viruses
- Data encryption
- linux
- bur suite
- nmap
- Qualys
- FTK (Forensic Toolkit)
- Snort
Education And Certification
- Certified CompTIA Network +
- Certified Information Systems Security Profession (CISSP) (In Progress)
- CCNA
Certification
- CompTia Network+
- CCNA
Timeline
SECURITY OPERTIONS ANALYST
BMO Bank
12.2022 - Current
SECURITY OPERATIONS ANALYST
Aldi
01.2021 - 10.2022
Master of Science - Cyber Operations
Metropolitan State University
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
University Utara Malaysia
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