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KEVIN OSADIAYE

Bristol

Summary

Experienced Cybersecurity Analyst with a proven track record in SOC operations, threat detection, and incident response. Skilled in leveraging SIEM, EDR, DLP, and web gateway technologies to gain in-depth visibility into network activity and identify potential threats. Proficient in malware analysis, static/dynamic analysis of malware, and threat-hunting techniques. Adept at communicating technical security issues to business stakeholders. Possess strong leadership and communication skills, adept at handling proposal documents and driving team objectives.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
2018
2018
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Security Operations Analyst

Currys Retail Limited
01.2023 - Current
  • Triaging and analysis of security alerts and incidents emanating from security tools such as EDR, IDS/IPS, Firewall and SIEMs.
  • Performing root cause analysis for various security incidents by analyzing logs, network traffic, SIEM logs, IDS/IPS, and open-source intelligence tools to determine network threats.
  • Investigating and responding to malware-related incidents and performing remediation actions to eliminate potential threats within the network.
  • Fine-tuning of alerts on EDR to reduce false positive alerts by allow-listing and block-listing of IOCs and IOAs.
  • Collaborating with wider IT team and business teams on security projects, compliance, incident response, and ensuring security integration across the organization.
  • Analyzing emails emanating from phishing campaigns against the company.
  • Monitoring and investigating identity access and management cases and ensuring they are not violated within the organisation.
  • Troubleshooting Web pages upon deployment and configuration of Web gateway (Netskope).
  • Developing high-level security monthly reports for the business.
  • Developing and updating standard of procedures (SOP)/playbooks for incident response in line with ISO 27001, NIST, PCI-DSS and GDPR framework.
  • Collaborating with the red team (Penetration Tester) to improve the security posture of the network.
  • Liaise with internal stakeholders about cyber security issues and provide recommendations to improve the security posture of the environment.

SOC Analyst

Espria
06.2019 - 12.2023
  • Responsible for monitoring security investigations, logging of incident on ServiceNow and updating on security responses to business stakeholders.
  • Investigated phishing and social engineering campaigns and performed complete remediation as per the threat.
  • Investigated malware events triggered from EDR and performed remediation by removing malicious files from network device.
  • Managed security alert queue for assigned businesses, identifying opportunities to tune/allowlist to ensure high-fidelity of alerts for use cases.
  • Responded to DDOS alerts within Cloudflare, determine if impactful and performed remediation actions where needed.
  • Developed Use Cases to improve threat detection capabilities within the SOC and actively involved in multiple SOC Projects.
  • Managing escalations for DLP alerts

IT Analyst

Frasers Group
03.2018 - 05.2019

.Responsible for handling and tracking service requests and issues received via phone, email, and the customer self-help site.


· Tagging of devices within the network · Ensured that requests and incidents are promptly logged in a ticketing system.


· Worked with other teams to conduct research, troubleshoot, and analyze issues that were reported.


·Ensured that users' laptops and workstations are virus-free and functional.


· Ensured hardware/software inventory is accurate and up to date.


· Implement operating system software upgrades on systems.

Education

Masters in Commercial Law - Law

University of the West of England
Bristol

Skills

  • SIEM: Splunk, Azure Sentinel
  • EDR: Crowdstrike, Microsoft Defender, SentinelOne
  • DLP: Purview, Netskope, Forcepoint
  • Email Security: Mimecast, Microsoft O365
  • Reporting: ServiceNow, Topdesk, JIRA
  • Cloud: Azure Defender for Cloud, AWS Guard duty and CloudTrail
  • WAF: Cloudflare
  • Vulnerability Mgt: Tenable, Rapid 7

Certification

  • CSO-002 - CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) Certification - Nov 2022
  • SC-200 - Microsoft Security Operation Analyst Certification - May 2023
  • Splunk Cloud Administration - Oct 2023
  • Certified Information Security Manager - April 2024


Timeline

Security Operations Analyst

Currys Retail Limited
01.2023 - Current

SOC Analyst

Espria
06.2019 - 12.2023

IT Analyst

Frasers Group
03.2018 - 05.2019

Masters in Commercial Law - Law

University of the West of England
KEVIN OSADIAYE