Amanuel Seid
Manchester
Summary
Information Security consultant specializing in Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Assessments, and Web Application Security with five years of experience. I have performed assessments for numerous clients against varying network infrastructures and environments, applications, and technologies.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
5
5
Certification
Work History
INFORMATION SECURITY SPECIALIST
ICAP AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Addis Ababa
01.2021 - 07.2022
- Drafted detailed security policy to govern and support technology decisions.
- Reviewed violations of computer security procedures and developed mitigation plans.
- Worked knowledge of security regulations such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, NIST, SOC2.
- Partnered with IT department members to minimize exploits on system coverage.
- Consulted with team members to assess flawed root causes and plan for remediation.
- Performed application and infrastructure penetration tests, as well as physical security review and social engineering tests for our global clients.
Penetration Tester
Craft Software Professionals
Maryland
01.2020 - 07.2022
- Collaborated with external vendors to perform penetration tests on network devices, operating systems and databases.
- Recommended IT security improvements to achieve system confidentiality, integrity and availability.
- Conducted IT audit assessments for systems or applications to recommend solutions to mitigate risks.
- Designed tests and tools to break into security-protected applications and networks to probe for vulnerabilities.
- Developed risk assessment reports to identify threats and vulnerabilities.
Application Security Auditor
Information Network Security Agency
Addis Ababa
12.2015 - 01.2021
- Analyzed Application, Infrastructure & Network architecture security review.
- Assessed threats, risks and vulnerabilities from emerging security issues to advise pertinent stakeholders on appropriate measures.
- Conducted risk analysis, system certifications, auditing, security documentation and security testing.
- Analyzed security policies for usefulness and value to suggest security policy improvements.
- Performed Web application testing (manually and with tools such as Burp, Dirbuster , Nikto ,SqlMap, Beef-xss )
- Performed vulnerability assessments at multiple government agencies
- Reviewed security documentation and make recommendation.
- Assisted in conference call meeting with developer to mitigate vulnerability findings
Education
Master of Science - Advanced Computer Science: Computer Security
University of Manchester
England 07.2023
Bachelor of Science - BSc in Information Systems/ Information Assurance
Bahir Dar University
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia06.2015
Skills
- Penetration Testing
- Web Applications Security
- Vulnerability Management
- Identifying Risks
- Information Protection
- Infrastructure Security Assessment
- Mobile Application Security Assessment
Certification
- Ethical Hacking - BitDegree
- Mobile Application Penetration Testing - Koenig Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
- Network Security Associate - Fortinet
- Certified Ethical Hacker
Timeline
INFORMATION SECURITY SPECIALIST
ICAP AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
01.2021 - 07.2022
Penetration Tester
Craft Software Professionals
01.2020 - 07.2022
Application Security Auditor
Information Network Security Agency
12.2015 - 01.2021
Master of Science - Advanced Computer Science: Computer Security
University of Manchester
Bachelor of Science - BSc in Information Systems/ Information Assurance
Bahir Dar University
- Ethical Hacking - BitDegree
- Mobile Application Penetration Testing - Koenig Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
- Network Security Associate - Fortinet
- Certified Ethical Hacker
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