
David LIONIS
Head of Information Security
Salary / Daily rate
Montpellier, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
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.
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