Jesse Kamau Ndung'u
Cybersecurity Professional
Summary
Trusted Cyber Security professional with 5 years protecting companies against both internal and external threats. Talented at preemptively detecting unidentified threat vectors and applying preventive measures to mitigate security flaws. Employs technological solutions and personnel training to harden both people and machines against malicious actors.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
8
8
Certifications
Work History
Cloud Security Engineer
Stanbic Bank Kenya Limited
06.2022 - Current
- Achievements/Tasks
- Led Azure workloads security remediation leading to significant rise in Secure Score as per cloud security baselines
- Led deployment of Microsoft Sentinel on all on-premises workloads and linking cloud workloads to sentinel workspace to enable centralized view for logs, security monitoring and threat intelligence
- Deployed vulnerability management solution to cloud to ensure proper vulnerability assessment and management on cloud workloads
- Leads incident response programs including simulations and actual incidents
- Continuous training of team members regarding security awareness and operations
- Continuously monitor evolving threat landscape and make recommendations on improvements that need to be put in place
- Worked with teams of talented software engineers to define, build and maintain cloud infrastructure
- Provided technical leadership and delivered innovative products and services to address customer specific requirements
- Developed security metrics and technical analysis to give insight into performance and trends
Cyber-security and Vulnerability Management Specialist
Stanbic Bank Kenya Limited
12.2020 - 06.2022
- Achievements/Tasks
- Enforced Network Access Control posturing for all endpoints and devices accessing corporate network
- Supported go-live of various bank initiatives by conducting timely cyber-security assessments and providing remediation guidelines
- Led roll-out and administration of various security tools such as DAM, SIEM and vulnerability management system as security technical expert
- Formulated additional use cases for SIEM monitoring
- Deployment of endpoint controls such as DLP, encryption, antivirus and EDR
- Maintenance and management of information security tools to ensure system health for all tools
- Work closely with various business and IT stakeholders to detect and respond to information security incidents, maintain and follow procedures for security event alerting and participate in ICT related security investigations
- Continuous training of team members regarding security awareness and operations
- Continuously monitor evolving threat landscape and make recommendations on improvements that need to be put in place to secure bank
- Closely worked with IT teams in remediation of discovered vulnerabilities
Information Security Officer
SOC, Equity Bank Limited
04.2020 - 12.2020
- Achievements/Tasks
- Increased Enterprise Anti-Virus Coverage by 30%
- Assisted Head of SOC in formulation of SOC processes, procedures, escalationmatrix , SOC run-book and implementation of various use cases
- Maintenance and management of information security tools to ensure system health for all tools
- Actively involved in documenting all activities during an incident and providing leadershipwith status updates during the life cycle of the incident
- Work closely with various business and ITstakeholders to detect and respond to information security incidents, maintainand followprocedures for security event alerting and participatein ICT related security investigations
- Continuous training of team members regarding security operations
- Analyze a variety of network and host-based security appliance logs (Firewalls, FIM, SysLogs, etc.) to determine the corrective or mitigation actions and escalation paths for each incident.
Security Operations Centre Lead
Co‐operative Bank of Kenya Limited
01.2020 - 03.2020
- Led and coordinated deployment of SIEM in D.R datacenter to ensure SIEM resilience
- Developed an effective SOC escalationmatrix and incident response procedure/guideline
- Planned staff shifts to ensure 24/7 cybersecurity monitoring
- Reviewed issues raised bySOC analysts and resolve thosewithin the unit’s scope andfollow up to closure all issues escalated to ICT support teams
- Documented all activities relating to a cybersecurity incident and provided leadership throughout an incident lifecycle
- Ensured proper knowledge transfer within the team as well as identified training opportunities to further enhance the team’s skills
- Worked closely with various stakeholders in identification of cybersecurity incidents as well as resolution to reduce business disruption.
ICT Security Risk Monitoring Analyst
Co‐operative Bank of Kenya Limited
06.2019 - 01.2020
- Achievements/Tasks
- Identified hosts infested with a credentialdumping toolbefore the attackers harvested criticalcredentials
- This prevented a possible costly enterprise compromise
- Developed use cases on SIEM to identify lateralmovements and detection of rogue hosts within the network
- Work collaboratively with the IT Security Operations, ICT Risk and Control, and Security Services teams to detect and respond to information security incidents, maintain and followprocedures for security event alerting and participate in ICT related security investigations
- Monitoringopen-sourceintelligence sources for potentialthreats against the Bank, and ensure appropriate defensive actions are taken with respect to these
- Triage issues and escalate them to the ICT respective units and ensure that appropriate follow-up actions are taken to mitigatethe exposure
- Document all activities during an incident andproviding leadershipwith status updates duringthe life cycle of the incident
- Independentlyfollow procedures to contain, analyze, and eradicate malicious activity.
Branch Core Banking System Administrator
Co‐operative Bank of Kenya Limited
12.2012 - 11.2014
Education
Bachelors of Business Management - Information Technology
Kabarak University
05.2008 - 05.2011
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education -
Evelyn Memorial Christian School
01.2004 - 05.2007
Skills
Excellent Communication
Attention to Detail
Multitasking Abilities
Planning and Coordination
Organization and Time Management
Decision-Making
Problem-Solving
Interpersonal Communication
Teamwork and Collaboration
Dependable and Responsible
Self-Motivated
Critical Thinking
Certification
CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2)
Affiliations
1. ISACA
2. ISC2
Timeline
Cloud Security Engineer
Stanbic Bank Kenya Limited
06.2022 - Current
Cyber-security and Vulnerability Management Specialist
Stanbic Bank Kenya Limited
12.2020 - 06.2022
Information Security Officer
SOC, Equity Bank Limited
04.2020 - 12.2020
Security Operations Centre Lead
Co‐operative Bank of Kenya Limited
01.2020 - 03.2020
ICT Security Risk Monitoring Analyst
Co‐operative Bank of Kenya Limited
06.2019 - 01.2020
Branch Core Banking System Administrator
Co‐operative Bank of Kenya Limited
12.2012 - 11.2014
Bachelors of Business Management - Information Technology
Kabarak University
05.2008 - 05.2011
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education -
Evelyn Memorial Christian School
01.2004 - 05.2007