Sara Almazan CISSP, CISM
Montréal,Canada
Summary
Dynamic Sr. Information Security Analyst with expertise in incident response and vulnerability management at Fiera Capital. Proven track record in conducting security assessments and implementing robust cybersecurity controls. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance security posture while demonstrating strong analytical skills and a commitment to excellence.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Information security analyst
Fiera Capital
Montréal, Québec
03.2021 - Current
- Conduct Cybersecurity investigations and work with peers on incident response, investigate complex incidents and provide reports to the management
- Operation and management of PAM through CyberArk’s privilege access management platform.
- Perform security assessments to identify risks and vulnerabilities and develop mitigation and countermeasures.
- Co-ordinate and manage timely remediation of security vulnerabilities across a variety of technologies.
- Implement and supervise the global security incident management platform and perform analysis.
- Work with SOC team on Hunting on incidents, analysis of new malware/suspicious scripts and extraction of IOCs
- Produce weekly and monthly dashboard on the SOC IT security / incidents activity.
- Assist different teams on security initiatives with ongoing projects.
- Defining and develop cybersecurity controls and compliance demonstration.
Information security analyst
Hitachi Systems security
Blainville, Quebec
02.2020 - 03.2021
- Responsible for working in and supporting a 24x7 Security Operation Center (SOC) environment and participating in real-time network security event monitoring and response.
- Incident Response (IR) investigation using Archangel and acting when analysis confirms incident.
- Responsible to research and analyze events to determine classification, correlation, and root cause of problems.
- Responsible to assist with root cause analyses for events and/or incidents when underlying issues are unknown.
Technical Advisor (Level 2)
Sherweb Technologies
Longueil, Quebec
01.2019 - 02.2020
- Responsible to Analyze and resolve technical issues related to Microsoft products such as Office 365, M365 Intune, SharePoint, Microsoft Azure etc.
- Assisting on client projects with technical expertise
- Leading customers through service configurations.
- Delivering and following up on problem resolutions and customer satisfaction.
- Proactively and comprehensively document customer issues in ticketing systems.
IT Support Specialist
Hilton Garden Inn
Calgary
06.2017 - 01.2019
- Responsible to provide first-level technical support to local and remote users.
- Responsible to manage the inventory of equipment, software and license compliance.
- Managing login, access rights and workstation security.
- Accurately processing and documenting call transactions using tracking software.
Technical Support Specialist
Public Mobile
Montreal, Canada
05.2015 - 04.2016
- Responsible for providing technical assistance to Public mobile consumers and troubleshoot technical issues.
- Assist team members and provide support and solutions to customer queries.
- Maintain updated knowledge of company products and services to better provide customer support and service solutions.
Education
Bachelors in science - Cybersecurity and Cyber governance
University of Montreal
Montreal, QC01.2023
AES - Network Administration and Support
Dawson College
Montreal01.2019
DEP - Hotel Management & Tourism
St. Pius Business center
Montreal01.2014
DES -
École secondaire Pierre Laporte
01.2013
Skills
- Nessus
- Incident response
- Security assessments
- Vulnerability management
- Network security monitoring
- Threat intelligence analysis
- Cloud security
- Application security
- Vulnerability assessment
- Security monitoring
- Cyber threat analysis
- Qualys Enterprise
- Qualys WAS
- Nexpose
- Security Scorecard
- Varonis security monitoring
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Proofpoint Email security
- FortiSIEM
- Splunk SIEM
- Cyglass threat detection
- Microsoft Purview DLP
- Illumio Core
- Microsoft Intune
- Palo Alto Cortex XDR
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoints
- Azure IAM
- CyberArk PAS
- Workday IAM
- OKTA
- Source Code scanning (Snyk)
- DevSecOps
- Container security
- Azure Security
- Office 365
- Azure defender for Cloud
- PRISMA Cloud
- CASB
- ISO 27001
- ISO 27002
- NIST CSF
- OWASP
- MITRE ATT&CK
- Zero trust architecture
- Azure security architecture
- Kali Linux
- Metasploit
- Cryptography
- Auditing and Forensics
Websites
Certification
- Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), 963322
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), 252875549
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), CSCO13636359
- Cisco Certified Network Associate – CyberOps (CCNA - CyberOps), CSCO13636359
- CompTIA Security +
Volunteer Experience
- Region Lead for ISACA’s SheLeadsTech program, Montreal Chapter, 2022 - Present
- Director WiCyS (Women in Cybersecurity), Montreal Chapter, 2020 - Present
- Volunteer, Canadian Red Cross, 2018 - Present
Timeline
Sr. Information security analyst
Fiera Capital
03.2021 - Current
Information security analyst
Hitachi Systems security
02.2020 - 03.2021
Technical Advisor (Level 2)
Sherweb Technologies
01.2019 - 02.2020
IT Support Specialist
Hilton Garden Inn
06.2017 - 01.2019
Technical Support Specialist
Public Mobile
05.2015 - 04.2016
Bachelors in science - Cybersecurity and Cyber governance
University of Montreal
AES - Network Administration and Support
Dawson College
DEP - Hotel Management & Tourism
St. Pius Business center
DES -
École secondaire Pierre Laporte