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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
09.2024 - 04.2025
  • 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
03.2024 - 09.2024
  • 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
01.2023 - 03.2024

Digital forensic technician

Cleveland Police (UK)
09.2020 - 12.2022
  • 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
01.2020 - 01.2022

Team member

Pizza Hut
Boldon, United Kingdom
08.2018 - 01.2020

Sales Associate

Sports Direct Int.
Newcastle upon Tyne
09.2016 - 02.2017
  • Customer care
  • Money management
  • Till work
  • Unpacking deliveries
  • Working in a team
  • Time management
  • Distributing knowledge
  • Multitasking

Assistant

British Heart Foundation
South Shields
03.2016 - 05.2016

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer and digital forensics

Teesside University
01.2017 - 01.2021

BTEC level 3 diploma - Information Technology

South tyneside college
01.2015 - 01.2017

GCSE - GCSE

Jarrow school
01.2010 - 01.2015

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
09.2024 - 04.2025

Associate Cyber Security Consultant

CYPFER
03.2024 - 09.2024

Ombudsman complaints handler

EC Outsourcing
01.2023 - 03.2024

Digital forensic technician

Cleveland Police (UK)
09.2020 - 12.2022

Customer Service Assistant

Lidl GB
01.2020 - 01.2022

Team member

Pizza Hut
08.2018 - 01.2020

Bachelor of Science - Computer and digital forensics

Teesside University
01.2017 - 01.2021

Sales Associate

Sports Direct Int.
09.2016 - 02.2017

Assistant

British Heart Foundation
03.2016 - 05.2016

BTEC level 3 diploma - Information Technology

South tyneside college
01.2015 - 01.2017

GCSE - GCSE

Jarrow school
01.2010 - 01.2015
Kieran Martin