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Ibrahim Olawale
Leadership · Vernovi Cyber

Ibrahim Olawale

Operations & Strategy

A security professional who aligns security controls with business risk, with broad knowledge of controls across AWS, Azure and on-premise environments. An excellent communicator who engages stakeholders and positively influences an organisation’s security culture and posture.

Specialisations

What I help organisations with

  • Security consulting
  • Risk management
  • Cloud security (AWS and Azure)
  • Network security
  • Security engineering
  • Compliance and governance
Experience

Where I have worked

  1. Mar 2023 to present

    Full-time

    Security Consultant

    Sky Group

    Provides security leadership to project teams and ensures security controls are embedded within solution design. Conducts security triage, issues security requirements, works with vendors, and represents security at the Technical Design Authority.

  2. Jul 2022 to Feb 2023

    Full-time

    Security Engineer

    Altus Group

    Part of the team that rebuilt the SOC from the ground up, identifying IT risks, ensuring standards were met, responding to threats and improving processes. Used Azure Security Centre, Sentinel, CrowdStrike and Prisma for multi-cloud security.

  3. Oct 2021 to Jun 2022

    Full-time

    Security Consultant

    Revolut

    Maintained and strengthened the security posture of the organisation’s information assets. Ran security and vulnerability assessments, managed patching, and developed security policies compliant with PCI DSS, GDPR and SOX.

  4. Oct 2020 to Oct 2021

    Full-time

    Security Consultant

    DHSC (NHS Test and Trace)

    Cloud security consultant overseeing security controls across AWS and Azure. Defined configuration standards, ran security reviews, built log onboarding processes, and supported governance, risk and compliance.

  5. Apr 2018 to Dec 2019

    Full-time

    Security Consultant

    BBC

    Advised the business on security requirements and the implementation of security controls across projects. Managed supplier assessments using the NCSC supplier assurance questionnaire and Archer.

Expertise

Skills and certifications

Skills

  • NIST CSF
  • NCSC CAF
  • SOC 2
  • Cyber Essentials Plus
  • ISO 27001
  • GDPR
  • SIEM
  • Cloud Security
  • Incident Response
  • Vulnerability Management
  • Security Policies
  • Risk Assessment

Certifications · 7

  • CISSP
  • CEH v10
  • CompTIA Security+
  • Azure Security Engineer
  • AWS Solutions Architect
  • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
  • BCS Business Analysis

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