David LIONIS

Head of Information Security

Salary / Daily rate

Montpellier, France

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

LinuxCybersecurityAWSBootstrapC#JavaJavascriptHTMLMongoDBPHPPythonCSSMySQLBurp Suite

Languages

French (Native)English (Fluent)

About me

Intro

InfoSec leader with extensive cybersecurity expertise spanning both offensive and defensive domains. Proven track record building comprehensive security programs for financial and insurance sectors, including SOC 2, ISO27001, and GDPR compliance. My data-driven approach combines vulnerability management, risk analysis, and security architecture to deliver measurable protection tailored to your organizational needs.

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Work experience

Head of Information Security

Confidential

Apr 2024 - Present

2 years 7 months

69340 Francheville, France

Currently working within the insurance industry (private sector), the role's main responsibilities are the following : - Risk management and analysis - Creation, management and maintenance of Information Security policies - ISO27001:2022 / DORA / GDPR / NIST SP 800-61 - SME for all collaborators about various security topics - Manage security audits (pentests) and handling of discovered vulnerabilities - Establish various security solutions and controls (EDR/XDR, SOC, VOC, IAM, WAF, Vulnerability Scanning, SIEM, Dark Web/OSINT discovery, password manager and more...) - Define processes to work with various providers/vendors (Due dilligence, SLAs...) - Incident Response plans - Reports to C-Levels

Head of Information Security

TradingHub

Aug 2021 - Jun 2023

1 year 11 months

London, UK

Responsible for managing the entire security posture of the company : - Maintenance and reviews of all security policies (ISMS) - Risk management and prioritisation - Vulnerabilities management - Compliance with SOC 2 Type 1 & 2 + ISO27001 + GDPR - Selection and deployment of security solutions (XDR, MFA, WAF, password manager, email security, Cybersecurity training for all collaborators and Engineers, data classification and labelling and more...) - SME for all collaborators about various security topics - Executive reports and KPIs - Management and planning of security audits (pentests) - Hiring for the InfoSec team This opportunity allowed me to build a security posture from scratch, while working with the most demanding Customers from the financial industry.

Cyber Security Consultant

MDSec

Oct 2019 - Aug 2021

1 year 11 months

Macclesfield, UK

Performed various security assessments and communications with industry leaders. Assessments included various domains following best practices and techniques outlined in the Web Applications Hackers Handbook. Beside assessments, reports were produced and delivered in a timely manner to customers.

Vulnerability Researcher

French Ministry for Armed Forces

Aug 2018 - Aug 2019

1 year 1 month

69340 Francheville, France

NDA

R&D Software Engineer

Forcepoint

Aug 2016 - Feb 2018

1 year 7 months

Reading, UK

Design, development and testing of features on various Forcepoint security products. Products involved anti-spam, email security and sandboxing solutions enabling customers to defend themselves against various attacks.

Intel Corporation

Mar 2015 - Aug 2016

1 year 6 months

Aylesbury, UK

R&D Software Engineer

Sep 2015 - Aug 2016

1 year

Aylesbury, UK

The Software Quality Engineering role allowed me to work on the main anti-malware engine of the McAfee antivirus. The role involved adding features and testing different areas of the product such as threat detection, end user protection, stability and performance. Development of automated tools was also involved in order to improve the delivery process of a new software release of the product.

R&D Software Engineer Intern

Mar 2015 - Aug 2015

6 months

Nantes, France

The internship allowed me to research advanced debugging features for the CoFluent platform made to design embedded electronical system. The objective was to improve the debugging process of complex objects in use by the application.

Software Developer

INTEGRITIE (UK) LIMITED

Jan 2013 - Sep 2014

1 year 9 months

Portsmouth, UK

As a Software Engineer, I was one of the main Engineers on the SMC4 platform that merged social medias communications from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and more. The goal of this application was to enable customers to follow specific feeds and trends based on keywords matching their preferences. SMC4 recevied an IBM award in 2013.

Software Project Manager

SODETEC

Apr 2012 - Jun 2012

3 months

Le Havre, France

Design, development and maintenance of a web portal designed to manage IT assets and stocks of SODETEC - a financial company specialised in accounting and actuarial activities.

Software Developer

Info-Media

Jun 2011 - Sep 2011

4 months

Le Havre, France

The internship had for objective to update and maintain the main website's back-end and database (stock management, new arrivals, customers registries...).

Software Developer

Centre de Formation Artistique

Jan 2010 - Mar 2010

3 months

Le Havre, France

As an Intern, I was responsible for the development of an application to manage customers, timetables and courses).

Web Developer

Centre de Formation Artistique

Apr 2009 - Jun 2009

3 months

Le Havre, France

As an Intern, I was responsible for the development of a website presenting and describing all musical activities offered by the CDFA to its customers.


Education

Université Le Havre Normandie

Master's degree, Mathematics and Advanced Computer Science

2014 - 2015

1 year 1 month

Grade: First Class Honours

Skills: Technology Security · Computer Science · Security · Info Sec

University of Portsmouth

Master's degree, Management Information Systems, General

2012 - 2013

10 months

Grade: 2:1

Skills: Computer Science

Université Le Havre Normandie

Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and Advanced Computing

2011 - 2012

11 months

Grade: 2:1

IUT Le Havre

DUT Informatique, Computer Science

2010 - 2011

1 year 1 month

Grade: 2:1

Saint-Jo Sup

BTS Informatique de Gestion, Computer Software Engineering

2008 - 2010

1 year 11 months

Grade: 2:1

Lycée Privé Jeanne d'Arc

Baccalauréat, Management Science

2007 - 2008

11 months

Grade: 2:1


Licenses & certifications

Certified Linux Administrator (LPIC-1 - Exam 1)

Issued: Jan 2014

Certified by Linux Professional Institute (LPI)

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