IT/IS Auditor

Group Internal Audit; London, United Kingdom

 

Undertaken audits across the retail, corporate, credit card, and investment banking arms of the bank groups.

 

Audits have included e-commerce/digital right management security reviews, securities settlement & high value international payment systems, change management, system development, logical (NT4, UNIX, Tandem, AS400, VAX) and physical security, disaster recovery/business continuity planning, CRSA reviews, and VISA cryptographic certification (ANSI, ISO & FIPS standards).

 

SWIFTAlliance specialist

IT Security Systems Administrator

London, United Kingdom

 

Assisted in the set up of the London Branch's IT security function, and wrote the local IT security policies and procedures.

 

Performed user administration and security monitoring on mainframe, midrange and micro-computer systems (System 88, AS400, DEC VAX, NT4) as well as application user administration (Advanced Commercial Banking System, FXNet, SWIFTAlliance).

Systems Administrator

Canterbury, United Kingdom

 

Administered an NT4 Internet node with 1000+ users

MA, International Security Studies

Primary focus Terrorism and National Security

 

Master's Thesis: Security, Intelligence and the Internet, an examination of national and corporate use of information warfare strategies, hacking techniques, cryptography/cryptanalysis and the dissemination of propaganda over the Internet.

BA, (Honours) Political Science

Primary focus International Relations, International Security, Security and Intelligence Studies

 

Artilleryman

Gunner, Artillery Technician, Reconnaissance Technician

(C1-105mm, C1-7.62mm, C2-7.62mm, 9mm SMG, Browning HiPower, C7-5.56mm, Iltis, MLVW, 5/4 tonne truck)

 

 

Skills Matrix

Audit

Administrator / Practitioner

Physical Security

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Control Risk Self Assessment (CRSA)

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S.W.I.F.T (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication)

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SWIFTAlliance

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Win NT4

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Win95

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AS400

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Asymmetric Cryptography (e.g. RSA)

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BS7799 (British Standard for Information Security)

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Baseline Security Index  (Germany)

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Business Continuity

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Business Resumption

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DEC VAX

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Digital Rights Management

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Disaster Recovery

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International Payments

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IT Change Management

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IT Problem & Incident Management

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IT Risk Management

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Network Concepts & Protocols (e.g. Internet, TCP/IP)

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Open VMS

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OS400

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Project Management

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RCMP / CSE Threat & Risk Assessment Methodology

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UK Securities Settlements (Gilts & Equities)

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Symmetric Cryptography (e.g. DES)

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Advanced Commercial Banking System (ACBS)

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Computer Associates Top Secret

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Credit Card technology (e.g. VISA PIN standards)

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Linux

 

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OS/390

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RACF

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System 88

 

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Systems Development

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SWIFT Accord

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Tandem Non-Stop Systems

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Unix (AIX)

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Unix (Solaris)

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VSE

 

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Novell Netware

 

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