
atef abdelkefi
Group CISO/Directeur cybersecurité groupe
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
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.
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
AWS Security Fundamentals
Issued: Apr 2021
IBM Mentor
Issued: Mar 2021
IBM Communication Ambassador Academy
Issued: Feb 2021
Enterprise Cyber Security – Architectural Thinking for Security
Issued: Dec 2019
Architectural thinking
Issued: Mar 2019
Understanding and Securing Industrial Control Systems
Issued: Oct 2013
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Issued: Sep 2012