Yusuf K.
Technical Solutions Specialist @思科
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WORK HISTORY
Technical Solutions Specialist @思科
I provide high value pre sales expertise for security technologies to customers, partners and my peers. Aligned to Commercial UK & I As part of my role-Possess deep knowledge on the CISCO Security portfolio: Firewalls (ASA/Firepower),network access control (ISE), email and Web security, Duo(MFA), AMP (endpoint security) amongst others and convey value to customers and partners-Understanding business objectives and security strategy, through evaluation of security posture in journey, alignment to frameworks such as NIST, MITRE etc and building out a solution to meet end user needs by way of answering RFPs or delivering a tailored technical demo and working collaboratively with cross architecture overlay teams. Ultimately, shaping sales opportunities with deal sizes ranging from $50k to strategically as part of a team to brainstorm ideas for Cisco\'s largest global clients. Leveraging my skill set and past experiences in devops and other architectures to enhance the ecosystem offering and contribute to long term deals worth $15 million+-Delivering enablement sessions to Cisco Enterprise and Commercial sales teams as well as delivering webinars to partners with audiences of 300+ members. As part of my long term goals, I am keen to enhance my knowledge in areas of security such as risk compliance and security governance to become a more well rounded cybersecurity professional and am pursuing relevant industry related certifications such as CISSP.
EDUCATION
University of Westminster
BSc Network Security
University of Roehampton
BSc Digital and Technology Solutions
ABOUT YUSUF K.
I am an experienced Cybersecurity professional with a skill set spanning multiple disciplines from devops, network design and technical sales. In my current role, I have delivered security solutions covering multiple segments from commercial to public sector and been nominated as a trusted advisor to some of the largest global clients in the world, with experience in speaking to CISOs and security engineering teams. Throughout my roles, I have made it an incumbent need to understand and empathise with security challenges faced by both individuals and organisations and exemplify effective problem solving through excellent communication skills and technical proficiency. I truly believe in an integrated cybersecurity architecture and advocate for easy user experience to ultimately add value to those who I speak to. Consequently, I spend a lot of time researching cybersecurity trends and am acknowledged by my peers as a subject matter expert within XDR and automation. I hope to broaden my knowledge further by pursuing industry related certifications as I look to better my understanding in this space.
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