Security Leadership

Program Management

• Worked with CFO’s, COO’s, VPE’s, GC’s, and Founders to take their security programs from zero to hero.

• Directly and indirectly led the management and growth of security programs at startups of all sizes, from pre-series A to late stage, helping them either establish their programs from 0 to 1, or level up existing programs to the next level.

• Forward thinking and integrated approach towards building security culture at startups.

Security Roadmaps and Budgets

• Create security roadmaps, budgets, and propose appropriate security org charts for clients

• Assist with IPO readiness such as ITGC (IT general controls) for SOX readiness

• Function as Incident Response (IR) Lead and manage end-end Incident Response for multiple types of incidents (Supply chain, Insider Threat, CVSS 10.0 vulnerabilities, etc)

• Manage Bug Bounty programs including contract negotiation, policy updates, bug triage and review, and bounty assessment

• Create, customize, and deploy security awareness programs and all-hands presentations on security

Risk Assessments and Compliance

• Conduct Enterprise Risk Assessments and SOC2 Pre-Assessments

• Create internal security requirements, best practices, and guidelines for engineering and product teams to implement and follow

• Work with sales teams and interact with potential/existing clients and their security teams to provide assurance of existing security controls or discuss any gaps discovered

• Managed and helped grow security teams of architects, engineers, and analysts.

• Conduct security architecture reviews for product pre and post deployment

Hiring and Talent Acquisition

• Prepare and present quarterly executive briefings on the state of cybersecurity internally and externally

• Create Zero-Trust Roadmaps for CISO’s and work with IT and Engineering coordinating implementation

• Implement security improvements at companies where possible

• Fully support clients hire CISO’s and Security Engineers/Analysts

Testimonials

Companies Ayman Has Worked With

Work With Me