- Participating in fundraising events to support local charities, schools, or community projects
- Community Cleanup
- Volunteer Travel
- Offering time and support to shelters for the homeless, women, and animals
- Mindfulness Practices
- Team Sports
- Volunteer Work
- Homelessness Outreach
- Electronics and Circuit Building
- Volunteering with youth sports programs as a Soccer Coach
- Playing Sports
- Running
- Sustainable Tech Innovations
- Regularly practice mindfulness and meditation for overall wellness
- Personal Development and Self-Improvement
- Reading
- I like working with my hands and fixing things
- I enjoy helping others and giving back to the community
Vincent Tembu
Certified Cybersecurity Professional
Hagerstown,MD
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Summary
Certified Cybersecurity Professional with 5+ years of experience in Vulnerability Management & incident response, Cloud Security, Endpoint Protection and Security Monitoring. Experience in coordinating the use of industry-recognized information security frameworks and procedures to secure the organization's information systems. Recognized for identifying and mitigating security risks, strengthening security systems, and enhancing customer trust through data protection measures. Achieved a 35% reduction in security incidents and improved compliance adherence by 25% through early measures.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
13
13
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Vulnerability Management Analyst
Skyline Technology Solutions
12.2023 - Current
- Recommended RBVM (Risk Based Vulnerability Management) workflows for operational improvements based on tracking and analysis of High Risk Vulnerability data.
- Evaluated existing systems and processes, identifying inefficiencies and recommending modifications for optimal performance.
- Reduced operational costs by identifying inefficiencies and recommending cost-effective solutions.
- Identifying and prioritizing vulnerabilities based on their severity and impact and providing plans for remediation.
- Conduct daily research and analysis to stay up to date with current vulnerabilities, provide detailed risk analysis and potential impact.
- Provides break-fix troubleshooting, root cause analysis and support for technical issues with the vulnerability management platform.
- Work with the Agency contacts to onboard new agencies to the Managed Vulnerability Management service.
- Provision and deprovision administrator and customer access to the vulnerability and attack surface management platforms.
- Resolve new request tickets and assist with handling ticket escalations.
- Perform security reviews of software, applications, and systems, being integrated into the environment.
- Assist with maintaining the design of the vulnerability management architecture, configuration, policies, and procedures.
- Monitor software, hardware, and support licenses.
- Evaluated current processes to develop improvement plans.
- Spearheaded the implementation of innovative tools and technologies designed to improve workflow efficiency throughout the organization.
- Assisted in change management initiatives, ensuring a smooth transition during organizational restructuring efforts.
- Streamlined report generation processes, developing templates that reduced preparation time.
- Led development of comprehensive risk management framework, mitigating potential threats to project success.
Cyber Security Analyst
Trinitech Consulting Inc
08.2020 - 11.2023
- Responsible for coordinating enterprise vulnerability management lifecycle including scanning, generating reports, prioritizing, remediation and verification.
- Scoped vulnerable technologies, identifying weaknesses, severity, and impact, leading to effective vulnerability management and mitigation strategies.
- Perform web application scan and website malware monitoring using Qualys WAS and Malware Monitoring Modules.
- Troubleshoot and resolve multiple failed scan related issues across different platforms.
- Scan and review application Source codes with Snyk and coordinate remediation with application developers throughout the software development Lifecycle.
- Responsible for monthly asset quality control to ensure accurate asset classification and tagging.
- Use AWS Security Hub to identify and coordinate multiple Cloud Security Misconfiguration to ensure compliance with cloud security best practices.
- Established and maintained weekly vulnerability Coverage Metrics.
- Responsible for PCI-DSS Quarterly scan and attestation of compliance submission.
- Install, configure, and manage Qualys Virtual appliances and cloud agents.
- Review AWS WAF logs and implement IP blacklisting and whitelisting.
- Create, and tune Defender ATP malware and exclusion policies to improve endpoint protection.
- Create and coordinate quarterly phishing campaigns as well as security awareness training.
- Perform security incident investigation and triage using run books.
- Collaborated with multifaceted teams to develop strategies and protocols, lessening security risks by 25% and improving overall security effectiveness.
- Review source code security scanning and coordinate vulnerability remediation prior to code promotion to production systems.
- Investigate multiple security incidents to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of systems.
Cyber Risk Analyst
Trinitech Consulting Inc
03.2018 - 01.2020
- Conducted risk assessments, pinpointing and mitigating an average of 20 vulnerabilities quarterly, enhancing the organization's security posture.
- Prepared detailed reports on findings from risk assessments, facilitating communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Create and coordinate quarterly phishing campaigns as well security awareness training using Microsoft 365 Defender Security.
- Reviewed security policies and procedures regularly, making updates as necessary to maintain a strong security posture.
- Managed relationships with external cybersecurity vendors, ensuring access to expert advice and support when needed.
- Work independently to collect, consolidate and analyze evidence of clients PCI DSS compliance and meet the internal quality assurance requirements.
- Managed the security measures of external partners and vendors, verifying adherence to necessary security protocols with a 90% compliance rate.
- Represented company's technical security interests to partners to provide bi-directional flow of technical information and best practices in information security.
- Monitored confidential company data and mitigated hacking through network systems updates.
- Facilitated Cybersecurity awareness sessions for new Company employees, achieving a 25% increase in staff awareness.
- Generated comprehensive security risk reports, enabling data-driven decision-making for vendor selection and risk management initiatives.
Multiplatform Systems Admin
Trinitech Consulting Inc
10.2015 - 01.2018
- Building, Hardening, Patching (RHEL 7/Centos7 Servers using 10-Recommended patches), and upgrades (release), on standalone servers (using single user mode), and on production servers (live upgrade).
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Writes basic bash shell scripts to automate processes using crontab; Installs packages and applications.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Cloud & On-Prem RBAC implementation.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Troubleshoot RHEL7/Centos & Solaris 10 issues emanating from hardware and software related and configuration issues.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Virtualization (VMware Esxi 6.5, 6.7 and Oracle Virtual Box).
- Setup a domain and an active directory on Windows 2019 servers; install and configure a samba server on a RHEL7 and mapping to the windows 2019 server.
- Supporting system users and troubleshooting system issues.
- Document solutions for future reference.
- Participating in root-cause analysis of recurring issues, system backup and security setup, Provide 24X7 support in Production, Testing and Development environments.
- Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
- Resolved problems, improved operations, and provided exceptional service.
- Participated in team projects, demonstrating an ability to work collaboratively and effectively.
Education
Master of Science - Cybersecurity & Information Assurance
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT04-2026
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology Technology
University of Dschang
Dschang, Cameroon.02-2012
Associate of Applied Science - Computer Engineering
National Polytechnic University Institute
Bamenda, Cameroon.10-2009
Skills
Operating Systems
Risk Management: PCI-DSS, HIPAA, Access Review, Annual Disaster Recovery, Tugboat Logic
Vulnerability Scanning: Qualys Cloud, Tenable SC/NM/IO/MSSP, Nmap, SAST/DAST
IT Asset Management: Axonius, Tenable Asset Management, Palo Alto Xpanse v2, Tanium
Cloud Security: Wizio, Tenable One
Incident Response: Splunk, AWS Guard Duty, Security Hub, Cisco Umbrella
EDR (Endpoint Detection & Response): Crowdstrike, Windows Defender ATP
Threat Intelligence: Falcon Complete, Recorded Future, Tenable Vulnerability Intelligence
Certification
2022-04 AWS Solutions Architect
Interests
Work Availability
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Quote
I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.
Jeff Bezos
Languages
English
Full Professional
French
Professional Working
Timeline
Vulnerability Management Analyst
Skyline Technology Solutions
12.2023 - Current
Cyber Security Analyst
Trinitech Consulting Inc
08.2020 - 11.2023
Cyber Risk Analyst
Trinitech Consulting Inc
03.2018 - 01.2020
Multiplatform Systems Admin
Trinitech Consulting Inc
10.2015 - 01.2018
Master of Science - Cybersecurity & Information Assurance
Western Governors University
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology Technology
University of Dschang
Associate of Applied Science - Computer Engineering
National Polytechnic University Institute