Amit SURYAWANSHI
Information Security / Penetration Tester
Information Security Management
Vulnerability Assessment
Penetration Testing
Risk Assessment
IT Security Audit
Professional Status
Consultant
Available
About Me
Experience in IT Security Audit, Vulnerability Assessment etc.
CEH v7 EC-Council - Certified Ethical Hacker,
ECSA EC-Council Certified Security Analyst
RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer and achieved a Master Degree in Information Security & Computer Forensics from University of East London (UEL)
CEH v7 EC-Council - Certified Ethical Hacker,
ECSA EC-Council Certified Security Analyst
RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer and achieved a Master Degree in Information Security & Computer Forensics from University of East London (UEL)
Senior Penetration Tester
Logica
March 2012
to May 2014
Full-time
London
United Kingdom
- Logica is a multi-business group; Solution Provider for Customized Software Development, IT Support, IT Training Services & Information Security Services.
- Understanding and Providing the Security Solutions according to Clients’ Requirements.
- Vulnerability Assessment, Network Security Assessment , Penetration Testing & Compliance Auditing
- Performing Network, Infrastructure & Web Application Penetration Testing.
- Providing Pen-Test reports with Countermeasures & Recommendations
- Key Achievements:
• High Client Retention through Quality of Service & Customer Satisfaction.
• Achieved CEH & ECSA - Technical snapshot:
Vulnerability Assessment; Network Security Assessment; Penetration Testing; IT Security Compliance.
Penetration Tester / Linux Admin
Econetix Software
December 2007
to September 2010
Full-time
Bangalore
India
- Joined as a Linux Admin to work in a team of 5 and promoted within a year as a Penetration Tester to maintain internal infrastructure, system services and performance to enable product development & Pen Testing for clients. Responsible for:
- Responsible for Internal, External & Manual Penetration Testing.
- Performing Vulnerability Scanning & Penetration Testing for clients
- Performing Network & Infrastructure, Web Application and Web Services Penetration Testing.
- Assist in maintaining and improving the Pen-Test Lab.
- Assist in creating report on penetration tests providing detailed countermeasures & remedial advice.
- Prior to deployment; testing the latest software on VMware
- Ensuring all operational processes implemented, follow industry best practices such as ITIL, CoBIT and ISO/IEC 27001.
- Researching and performing updates & countermeasures for security on a regular basis.
- Prior to deployment; testing the latest software on VMware.
- Hardening & Securing Red Hat Linux Server 5.1, Fedora 11, XP, Win 2003, Win2008 & LAMP
- Configuration, Management, Maintenance & Monitoring of RedHat Linux, Win 2008 Servers & LAMP
- Customizing the network & LAMP environment as per the project requirements of the clients.
- Attending calls related to internal customer queries and complaints, providing solutions
- Performing Backup & Recovery Operations and documenting Linux scripts for future reference
- Key Achievements:
• Consistently protected & secured the infrastructure from hackers by performing vulnerability scanning & penetration testing followed by applying countermeasures which further enhanced the availability.
• Efficiently Designed, Implemented and Introduced new security policies to Econetix and its clients through e-learning which saved the cost of outsourcing IT security.
• Successfully Achieved Red Hat Certification 2009. - Technical snapshot:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, Linux-Window Integration, XP, Win 2000 Prof., Win Server 2003, Win Server 2008, Desktops/Laptops, VMware, ITIL Processes.
Company Description
Econetix Software is a global diversified outsourced product development (OPD) company; has a unique Joint-Venture (JV) model of partnering with emerging companies to create their own dedicated delivery centres by leveraging our facilities, infrastructure, domain expertise, and expert engineers. Clients of Econetix include Wipro, Infosys, TCS etc.
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Sr Tech Support Engineer
Mphasis an HP co.
June 2007
to November 2007
Full-time
Pune
India
- Worked in a team of 25 Technical Support Engineers based in Pune to provide 24/7 technical support solutions to a client in the US over the phone and take on demand remote access to troubleshoot their technical problems when necessary. The client was a recruitment agency with more than 1500 users. Responsible for:
- Installation & Configuration of software on remote desktops & laptops
- Resolving VPN, RSA, Oracle applications, BlackBerry & Lotus Notes issues
- Performing Active Directory - User Administration
- Troubleshooting Wi-Fi related issues of Desktops, Laptops & Routers
- CITRIX - Remote Maintenance of desktop, Laptop, LAN, Win XP, 2000 Professional & Server
- Ensured creating tickets for each case records with troubleshooting steps
Company Description
Well-known Giant in IT; recently renamed as EDS an HP company, it was an American multinational IT equipment & service provider with employee strength of 136k all over the world and had revenue of $22.1B during 2007
