Kieran Martin
Greater Sheffield Area
Summary
Experienced cybersecurity professional with expertise in digital forensics, threat intelligence, and incident response engagements. Proven ability to conduct thorough digital forensic investigations and handle eDiscovery and digital evidence with precision. Adept at managing complex security incidents and providing actionable insights to enhance organisational security posture. Career goal includes advancing in the field of cybersecurity.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Cyber Security Consultant
CYPFER
2024.09 - 2025.04
- Liaised with various teams, ensuring smooth implementation of security protocols.
- Identified weak points in the system, enhancing overall security performance.
- Provided thorough incident response management following cyber attacks.
- Reduced chances of data breaches by regularly auditing information systems for vulnerabilities.
- Rebuilding environments from backup solutions
- Integrated eDiscovery workflows into cyber incident response investigations, enabling rapid identification, preservation, and analysis of electronically stored information (ESI) relevant to security breaches and legal holds.
- Collaborated with legal, compliance, and forensic teams to ensure defensible data collection and chain of custody during security incidents, supporting regulatory reporting and potential litigation.
Associate Cyber Security Consultant
CYPFER
2024.03 - 2024.09
- Working Post Breach Remediation (PBR) with customers who have faced a cybersecurity incident
- Rebuilding customer environments to restore them to working order, including reconstructing domain controllers and Active Directory, to ensure operational readiness as quickly as possible.
- Obtaining forensic acquisitions of servers of interest for analysis
Ombudsman complaints handler
EC Outsourcing
Sunderland, United Kingdom
2023.01 - 2024.03
Digital forensic technician
Cleveland Police (UK)
2020.09 - 2022.12
- Exhibit handling in accordance with DFU procedures
- Competent in Acquisition and triage of all DSM.
- Phone extraction case work complete to a high standard and well within time constraints
- Maintain a high level of efficiency within jobs performed
- Competent in Wiping, Mobile Phone extraction, acquisition, triage
- Able to manage a case workload and complete Jobs efficiently and effectively to a high degree
- Good knowledge of forensic software such as UFED, EnCase, XRY, X-ways, FTK, Axiom and Griffeye
Customer Service Assistant
Lidl GB
South Shields, United Kingdom
2020.01 - 2022.01
Team member
Pizza Hut
Boldon, United Kingdom
2018.08 - 2020.01
Sales Associate
Sports Direct Int.
Newcastle upon Tyne
2016.09 - 2017.02
- Customer care
- Money management
- Till work
- Unpacking deliveries
- Working in a team
- Time management
- Distributing knowledge
- Multitasking
Assistant
British Heart Foundation
South Shields
2016.03 - 2016.05
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer and digital forensics
Teesside University
2017.01 - 2021.01
BTEC level 3 diploma - Information Technology
South tyneside college
2015.01 - 2017.01
GCSE - GCSE
Jarrow school
2010.01 - 2015.01
Skills
- Cybersecurity
- Digital Forensics
- Threat intelligence
- Digital forensic investigation
- Incident response management
- eDiscovery & Digital Evidence Handling
Certification
- (ISC)² Certified In Cybersecurity
- Introduction to Cybersecurity
- EC-Council Digital Forensics Masterclass
- Windows Forensics with Belkasoft
- Google Cybersecurity Professional
- (ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner
- DFIR Foundations and Techniques
- arcX Foundation Level Threat Intelligence Analyst
Personal Information
Title: Cybersecurity Consultant | DFIR | Digital forensics
Accomplishments
- Dedicated excellence award 2024 from CYPFER
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Cyber Security Consultant
CYPFER
2024.09 - 2025.04
Associate Cyber Security Consultant
CYPFER
2024.03 - 2024.09
Ombudsman complaints handler
EC Outsourcing
2023.01 - 2024.03
Digital forensic technician
Cleveland Police (UK)
2020.09 - 2022.12
Customer Service Assistant
Lidl GB
2020.01 - 2022.01
Team member
Pizza Hut
2018.08 - 2020.01
Bachelor of Science - Computer and digital forensics
Teesside University
2017.01 - 2021.01
Sales Associate
Sports Direct Int.
2016.09 - 2017.02
Assistant
British Heart Foundation
2016.03 - 2016.05
BTEC level 3 diploma - Information Technology
South tyneside college
2015.01 - 2017.01
GCSE - GCSE
Jarrow school
2010.01 - 2015.01