Nafees Syed

As a Cybersecurity professional, I possess extensive knowledge of IT Security concepts and fundamentals. My strong analytical skills enable me to analyze complex data and identify trends, facilitating informed decision-making processes. I have hands-on experience with Operating Systems – Linux / Windows. My expertise includes Cyber Threat Analysis and Vulnerability management.

I'm curious by nature. My curiosity led me to become a Cybersecurity student at Sheridan College. I worked for the Sheridan Student Union as Club Coordinator to enhance Sheridan student's experience. I had the opportunity to work at Munich Reinsurance as IT Solution Specialist and also the IT Operations Analyst. Recently I finished a term at RBC as Cyber Security Analyst - Threat Intelligence.

I've worked alongside individuals with different backgrounds and unique perspectives. Building and maintaining relationships is important to me as to contribute to a team. As a Cybersecurity Professional, I help to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution.

Cybersecurity Analyst, Threat Intelligence Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, ON Demonstrated skills in cyber intelligence analysis, including open source research, identifying cyber threat actors and associated Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs). Experience analyzing data from CrowdStrike and TrendMicro. Threat Analysis Report Writing: collected data from numerous sources into a secured database on PowerBI and created macro scripts that processed hundred lines of unformatted data in seconds. 

 Information Technology Solutions Analyst Munich Reinsurance, Toronto, ON Assisted SVP with coordinating compliance document tracking from product managers globally, utilizing my ability to work effectively with diverse and dynamic teams Analyzed data from vulnerability Tenable scans and assessments, leveraging my demonstrated analytical skills and knowledge of IT security concepts and fundamentals Proposed a PowerBI dashboard to support product lifecycle management for product managers globally.

  Information Technology Operations Analyst Munich Reinsurance, Toronto, ON Experience managing vulnerabilities in Vulnerability Management dashboard, executing and coordinating network discovery scans, and conducting vulnerability scans for operating systems and database assets using Tenable.

 Bachelor of Applied Information Sciences: Cyber Security Sheridan College - Oakville 

Applied security and threat analysis and auditing procedures and perform security vulnerability assessments. Capstone Project Real-Time Asset Discovery & Detection of Compromise Currently leading the design and implementation of a real-time asset discovery and compromise detection solution using Python and its libraries(Nmap, Pyshark, scheduler) and PowerBI. Developed a comprehensive plan for discovering all assets within IT environment, including hardware, software, and cloud services.