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Information Security - Governance, Risk & Advisory
UOBInformation Security - Governance, Risk & Advisory
Apr. 2023Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Regional IT Security & Compliance Manager
HuntsmanRegional IT Security & Compliance Manager
Sep. 2014 - Mar. 2023Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaMy duties include but are not limited to the following: 1. Regional Security Manager in Charge of Security Compliance. I managed staff in US, Malaysia, and Singapore in this capacity. 2. Regional Security Manager in Charge of Privacy Compliance. I managed 1 staff in Asia in this capacity. 3. Third Party Security Assessments 4. New Software/Solution Security Assessment 5. Security SME lead for all major projects including Divestitures, Outsourcing, Insourcing, Mergers 6. Manage the Global LSO ( Local Security Officer ) Program. The program includes Site Assessments, Technology introduction, and Awareness programs and provides direct IT Security Contact for the worldwide sites 7. Manage a team for Security Incidence Investigation 8. Manage a team for Vulnerability Management 9. Manage a team for FW/AV/IDS//IPS Solutions 10. Manage Outsource vendors' security compliances 11. Manage Outsource Vendors’ key Deliverables Metrics 12. Review Security standards for any propose outsource/partners 13. Review Contracts for Outsource Activities 14. Direct and investigate all matters where actions of staff or others could or have caused a breach of security and advised on procedures to be implemented to prevent re-occurrences List of Solutions under my Operational Portfolio 1. Zscaler ZIA 2. Zscaler ZPA 3. Manufacturing/Datacentre Firewalls 4. Antivirus (Endpoints) 5. Antivirus (Servers) 6. Antivirus (OT) 7. PKI & Root Cert 8. McAfee IDS/IPS 9. CyberArk Password Vault 10. CyberArk Identity 11. CyberArk SRA 12. Tenable.io 13. Tenable.ad 14. CyberX (Microsoft Defender for IoT) 15. Forensics Tools (Encase, FTK, Microsoft E-Discovery) 16. Outsource and Insource SOC Service 17. SPLUNK
Asia Business Security and Compliance Manager
GemaltoAsia Business Security and Compliance Manager
Aug. 2008 - Aug. 2014SingaporeAs Regional Manager, the following countries are within my Scope: 1. Singapore 2. Malaysia 3. Australia 4. China 5. Indonesia 6. India 7. Taiwan My duties include but are not limited to the following: 1. Act as Regional CISO for Asia 2. Regional Security Manager in Charge of IT Security Framework Implementation 3. Manage Security Maturity Model for the region 4. Enable Collect, Update and Report Security Metrics to Stakeholders. 5. Provide, Track and Report Action plan to meet the deficiencies identified against the Security Objectives. 6. Managed accreditation and ensuring ongoing compliance by the company as required by the relevant organizations (PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, VISA, MasterCard, Amex, JCB, Diners Club and GSM SAS) 7. Manage Internal Audits for Software Development, IT Security and Production 8. Manage Outsource vendors security compliances 9. Review Security standards for any propose outsource/partners 10. Review Contracts for Outsource Activities 11. Act in accordance with the Gemalto Security Management System and Policy to manage all aspects of personnel, physical, production and IT Security 12. Develop, standardize, publish, implement and maintain local security procedures, both physical and IT Security for the Region. 13. Direct and investigate all matters where actions of staff or others could or have caused a breach of security and advised on procedures to be implemented to prevent re-occurrences 14. Lead in getting ISO27001 certification for SG. 15. Operate controls to detect any failures in the efficiency of solutions set up concerning/relevant to databases, systems and networks 16. Participate in new IT projects or solution implementation and advised on the IT security requirements and ensure they are being put into place prior to implementation 17. Conduct security risk assessment on an annual basis 18. Develop Security Awareness Packages for different domains and deploy to the sites. 19. Provide Consultancy Services to External Customers
Started as Systems Engineer until Promotion  to IT Head
MoreRewards Singapore/ Advance Information Marketing BhdStarted as Systems Engineer until Promotion to IT Head
Mar. 1999 - Aug. 2008SingaporeMy duties include but not limited to the following: 1. Server Administrator 2. Database Administrator 3. Backup Administrator 4. Datacentre Manager 5. IT Security 6. IT Head - Operations 7. Compliance to PCI-DSS
Systems Engineer
Sembawang Marine & Offshore EngineeringSystems Engineer
Apr. 1997 - Mar. 1999Singapore, SingaporeMy duties include but not limited to the following: 1. Server Administrator 2. Network Administrator 3. Exchange Administrator

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