Henry Okonkwo
Senior Technical Specialist Security @Canada Life
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Technical Specialist Security @Canada Life
Define and facilitate a security solution architecture for implementing intrusion prevention systems, web application filters and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) technologies for the enterprise network environment.Enterprise consultation with technical leads and vendors to resolve complex security and network related issues.Built roadmaps for implementing intrusion prevention system (IPS), Web application Firewall (WAF) and DDoS technologies to align with best practices and meeting organizational goals.Developed Manual of Procedures (MOPs) and runbooks for the upgrades and scheduled maintenance of Security Infrastructure.Proactively identify opportunities for improvement and enhancement of organizational security postureImplemented synchronous build and development of playbooks for Firepower Threat Devices troubleshooting and upgrade to minimize impact to business applications.Participate in Incident response activities and identify actions needed to contain and mitigate active threats.Performed security monitoring, including data/log and forensic analysis, to proactively detect threats and suspicious activity.Planned for and performed periodic security audits to validate that the security posture satisfies set organization security baseline.
EDUCATION
Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst, Toronto Metropolitan University
Accelerated Cybersecurity Training Program
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
B.Eng., Electronic/Computer Engineering
University of Lagos
M.Sc, Operations Research
ABOUT HENRY OKONKWO
Technical cybersecurity specialist managing next-generation firewall with previous experience in support and incident management High proficiency with the use of network devices to forestall and manage incidents and escalations.Highly analytical in problem-solving.
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