atef abdelkefi

Group CISO/Directeur cybersecurité groupe

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

LinuxAWSCybersecurityMATLABC++JavaAzureSalesforce

Languages

ArabicNorwegianEnglishFrench

About me

Intro

Seasoned CISO with 16+ years of global cybersecurity leadership across energy, telecom, luxury, and banking sectors. Successfully managed €10M+ security programs and led diverse teams in 7 countries. Specialized in establishing robust cybersecurity departments, implementing Zero Trust architectures, and developing comprehensive security strategies that align with business objectives. Ready to deliver enterprise-grade security solutions that protect your digital assets.

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Work experience

Group CISO/Directeur cybersecurité groupe

SolocalFreelance

Aug 2024 - Present

2 years 3 months

Founder & CEO/ Directeur Générale

CyberYoom

May 2022 - Present

4 years 6 months

Paris, France

Cybersecurity director/Directeur cyber sécurité de transition

TDFFreelance

Jan 2024 - Jul 2024

7 months

Paris, France

Cyber maturity assessment and establishment of the cybersecurity program that aims to secure TDF from the identified cyber risks during the Olympics. *2.1M€ budget estimation, negotiation, and assignment for the cybersecurity program *Definition of the organization and the TOM to execute the cybersecurity program. *Management and quality control of 15 projects that are required to be de delivered in June 2024: - Cyber crisis management - AD hardening security (Deployment of Semperis ADFR & DSP) - Logpoint SIEM deployment - Trellix EDR and Stamus NDR deployment - Anti-DDOS & anti-phishing deployment - Security of the OT systems (Hardening of the network components, new Radius, etc)

Global Head of Security Operations & Technology Platforms

HermèsFreelance

Jul 2023 - Jan 2024

7 months

Paris, France

*Definition of the strategy & roadmap of the operational cybersecurity department at Hermès *Establishment of the first operational cybersecurity at Hermès (0 to 5 in 6 months) *Definition of the Target Operating Model (TOM) and procedures for the operational cybersecurity at Hermès *Management of the BAU (Business as Usual) for cybersecurity tools such as (Tanium, SentinelOne, CyberArk, Netskope, Imperva) *Contribution of the cybersecurity program (CyberArk International, Zero-Trust, Shadow IT)

Chief Security Officer (CSO)/Directeur Cybersécurité

La Mutuelle GénéraleFreelance

Oct 2022 - Jul 2023

10 months

Paris, France

Establishment of the first cybersecurity department at LMG. Cybersecurity was structured, before my arrival, as a division (pole) reporting to one of the Codir directors. The department reports now to the CIO and contains 2 divisions (Prevention & Protection, SOC & Resilience) Hiring of cybersecurity professionals (hired 3 cybersecurity experts and the 2 heads of divisions in a period of 9 months) *Management of a team of 12 cybersecurity professionals (project managers, GRC experts, cybersecurity architects, cybersecurity engineers, SOC managers, SOC analysts) *Management of a cybersecurity budget of 3.2M € *Active member of the “Codir” to ensure integrating cybersecurity in strategic decisions. *Establishment of cyber risk-based decision making as part of the corporate culture. *Establishment of a new operating model within the department of cybersecurity and between the department and its ecosystem. *Management and execution of a cybersecurity program of 29 projects divided into 7 main streams: - Cyber resilience (Disaster Recovery Plans, Crisis management, backup, etc) - Move to Cloud (Azure) - Vulnerability management - Sentinel SIEM for Azure - MFA & WAF for insurance services - EDR deployment - Network segmentation & segregation. - Tiering model of Microsoft

Cloud Security Alliance

Apr 2021 - May 2023

2 years 2 months

Norway, ME 04268, USA

Board Member Cloud Security Alliance| Norway chapter

Apr 2021 - May 2023

2 years 2 months

Norway, ME 04268, USA

Zero Trust course creator

Apr 2022 - Oct 2022

7 months

Group member CxO Trust

Mar 2022 - Oct 2022

8 months

CISO Network Member

SANS Institute

Jun 2021 - Oct 2022

1 year 5 months

United States

CISO advisor/Consultant Senior pour le RSSI d'Engie Digital

ENGIE DigitalFreelance

May 2022 - Oct 2022

6 months

Senior Manager Risk Advisory: Cyber strategy | IT | OT | Cloud

Deloitte

Jul 2021 - May 2022

11 months

Paris, France

Assisting CISOs in all type of industries evaluate their organization security state and create a cyber strategy ranging from a vision to roadmaps to improve their security posture over time.

IBM

Jan 2019 - Jul 2021

2 years 7 months

Oslo Area, Norway

Chief Information Security officer (CISO)/Lead Security Architect - Danish Account

Apr 2020 - Jul 2021

1 year 4 months

Oslo Area, Norway

Leading a team of 20+ security architects and SMEs dealing with projects and delivery of managed security services for hybrid cloud architecture, SOC, end-point protection, log management, data security, and application security. Day to day activities: • Lead security architecture, risk, and compliance for all account´s projects • Reply to all requests of support from clients • Perform security design decisions and approvals • Assign, if necessary, the security SMEs and track and approve SME deliverables • Manage escalations and respond to security-related feedback from clients • Cooperate with the account´s leaders to translate security progress into financial achievements • Pre-sales of security services • Continuously train and educate clients in new IBM security services

Senior Cyber Security Architect Cloud Services

Jan 2019 - May 2020

1 year 5 months

Oslo Area, Norway

I´ve led and contributed to various cybersecurity in cloud projects in various sectors. Ranging from finance to energy sectors. The following are example of projects I led/contributed to: • Build a multi-cloud security strategy and security roadmap for a utility and energy company • Secure migration to the hybrid-cloud for an insurance company • Secure migration to Office365 for an energy company

Cyber Security Associate Manager & Cyber Defense Lead

Accenture

Mar 2017 - Dec 2018

1 year 10 months

Oslo Area, Norway

Multiple projects in multiple industries varying from security at the management level to system architecture and a broad experience. The right combination for a successful consultant.

Senior Consultant

Qatar Petroleum

Jun 2015 - Mar 2017

1 year 10 months

Doha, Qatar

ICS cyber-security and Risk management-ISO 27000

Controls Systems/SCADA Security Engineer

Aker Solutions

Feb 2013 - Jul 2015

2 years 6 months

Oslo Area, Norway

PhD

NTNU

Sep 2009 - Mar 2013

3 years 7 months

Trondheim Area, Norway

Network measurement data analysis for performance diagnosis: Senatus: A novel framework for automatic anomaly detection and root cause analysis. Network security DragonLab: A new framework for acessing service quality in end-to-end Internet paths. Supervised 8 Msc students.

F5 IT Consultants AS

F5 IT Consultants AS

Oct 2012 - Jan 2013

4 months

Stavanger Area, Norway

MSc

LAAS-CNRS

Apr 2008 - May 2009

1 year 2 months

Computer engineering

ENSI

Oct 2005 - Jul 2008

2 years 10 months

BSc

IPEIT

Oct 2003 - Jul 2005

1 year 10 months


Education

Quantic School of Business and Technology

Executive MBA

2020 - 2021

1 year 2 months

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

2009 - 2015

6 years 2 months


Licenses & certifications

Information Security Management System (ISMS) ISO 27001:2013 Lead Implementer/Lead Auditor

Issued: Oct 2021

Certified by BSI

AWS Security Fundamentals

Issued: Apr 2021

Certified by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

IBM Mentor

Issued: Mar 2021

Certified by IBM

IBM Communication Ambassador Academy

Issued: Feb 2021

Certified by IBM

Enterprise Cyber Security – Architectural Thinking for Security

Issued: Dec 2019

Certified by IBM

Architectural thinking

Issued: Mar 2019

Certified by IBM

Understanding and Securing Industrial Control Systems

Issued: Oct 2013

Certified by https://www.scadahacker.com/training.html

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Issued: Sep 2012

Certified by CISCO

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