Gideon Ananson

- Gideon Ananson - Professional Summary Employment History Dedicated and results-driven Cyber Security Professional with a proven track record of safeguarding organizations against evolving cyber threats. With 2yrs of experience in the field, I have honed a comprehensive skill set encompassing threat analysis, risk assessment, incident response, and security architecture design. My commitment to staying at the forefront of emerging technologies and trends in the cybersecurity landscape has enabled me to implement robust defences and mitigate vulnerabilities effectively. 2022 - Present Present Information Security Operations Analyst | Consolidated Bank Ghana limited | Accra I work with the Information security department as a Security Operations Center Analyst and responsible for performing information security operations activities to ensure protection of the Bank’s information assets from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the information assets always and some of these responsibilities include: • Monitor firewall, endpoint security, and network traffic for abnormal activity, and execute corrective actions in response to alerts triggered. • Perform regular security reviews of network and system changes to meet functional requirements. Skills • Collaborate and coordinate with the IT Department in the resolution of security vulnerabilities identified via VAPT exercises. • Communication Skills • Review and investigate unauthorized and/or failed network connection attempts blocked by Network Access Control. • Adaptability • Conduct threat-hunting exercises as part of a proactive approach toward security. • Critical thinking and problem solving • Ability to work in a team • Perform controls assessment and develop advanced tools for controls testing and analysis; Implement continuous controls monitoring. • Team leadership • Incident Management • Operate threat intelligence program (including the coordination and analysis of threat intelligence sources). • Threat Intelligence and Management • Look at future trends in business, technology, and regulation to formulate proactive security strategies. • Vulnerability Management • Perform vulnerability checks to identify security weaknesses in all layers of the network computing environment including operating systems, databases, applications, and files. • Penetration Testing • Email Analysis • Digital Forensics and Incident Re- • Ensure periodic security updates are applied to all network devices. • Malware Analysis • Facilitate the performance of IT Risk assessment; Perform risk assessment on IT infrastructure and sponse • Network Protocol Analysis • Risk Analysis • Compliance with security requirements processes that underpin new banking products and services. 2019 - 2019 4 Months SOC Analyst | Cyber-Hawk Limited | Accra A cyber security service provider who provides security service to clients, and as an analyst my duties was to respond to security related issues as well. Courses • Correlated all reported events from various multiple systems and network areas where potential security incident is identified; ensure the situation is handled promptly and effectively by starting the process of security incident response. Practical Web Application Security and Testing, TCM Security • Participated in the investigations being performed by the information security team. Cybersecurity Analyst Professional, IBM • Assisted in compiling and producing reports on monthly issues and trends for the enhancement of the functions of the Enterprise Security and Support management. Practical Windows Forensics, TCM Security • Positioned as an escalation point for all incidents relating to potential security. The Definitive GRC Analyst Master Class , TCM Security • Collected, Researched, and Analysed potential security vulnerability related information from a variety of sources to identify and evaluate risks, patterns, and trends. • Consulted closely with the SOC manager and stakeholders on issues related to systems security posture. Python 101 for Hackers , TCM Security Movement, Pivoting and Persistence , TCM Security Practical API Hacking , TCM Security • Interfaced with technical teams, stakeholders, and leadership teams to translate security risk mitigation plans into actionable items to mitigate risk. 2015 - 2019 IT Technician | SuperTech Limited | Accra 4 Years The company is an IT service provider with many clients in Ghana and around the world. My duties in this company were mainly based at a client site. Practical Malware Analysis & Triage , TCM Security • Monitored at the data center for availability, storage, and network performance and to keep systems up and running. Mobile Application Penetration testing , TCM Security • Configured computer networks, LANS with assistance from re- • Troubleshoot network and computer-related issues with assistance from respective departments. spective departments. • Ensured regular updates and upgrades of systems with assistance from respective departments. Practical Ethical Hacking , TCM Security • Clearly defined and escalated problems to Tier 2 (Customer Support helpdesk) on issues needing further investigation. Network Security Associate , Fortinet • Pro-actively monitored the production environment. • Conducted proactive maintenance activities designed to ensure optimal operation of the Data Canters. Junior Cybersecurity Analyst , CISCO Blue Team Analyst Junior , Security Blue Team Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals , Microsoft Networking Essentials plus, Microsoft Education 2019 - 2021 2 Years 2010 - 2014 4 Years MSc Information Communication Engineering | Jiangsu university of Science and Technology | Zhenjiang, China BSc Information Technology | Valley View University | Accra, Ghana CompTIA Hardware and Networking , IPMC References Links LinkedIn Hobbies • Going to the gym • Traveling • Surfing the Internet • Reading Mr Eric Sower Badger Kingsley Albert Egyir Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited Phone : - Email :- Phone : - Email :- Prof. Li Xiaolong Mr Nurideen Musah Jinagsu University if Science and Tech- Bank of Ghana nology Phone : - Phone : - Email :-Email :- Projects 2013 - 2014 Travel Ghana (Android App) | Accra, Ghana 1 Years An android application was developed as proposed to fulfil my final year project work for my bachelor’s degree to help tourist and users tour Ghana easily. This app displays interesting tourism locations in Ghana and has been embedded with google maps to locate users to various tourist locations in the country. The app was developed using android studio. 2020 - 2021 EEG Recorder for Detection of Depression | Zhenjiang, China 1 Years As part of my project work for my master’s degree program, I participated in a team to implement an EEG Recorder for detection of depression. This EEG recorder is used to capture brain signals from the human brain and further analysis is done to detect any abnormally which indicates the presence of any medical disorder associate with the brain like Seizure or depression. LabView was used in this project. Hard Skills Software tools • Microsoft 365 Defender • Android Studio • Rapid7 IDR • Darktrace • Rapid 7 VM • Darktrace Email • ImpervaDAM • PineApp • IBM QRadar/SIEM • PhishER • Nmap/Wireshark/Nessus • JIRA • Microsoft 356 • JIRA • Adobe Photoshop • Cisco ISE • ImpervaWAF • Microsoft 356 • NI LabView