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Mansoor Ahmed

@th3mansoor

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I secure regulated financial institutions through ISO 27001, security operations, and resilient infrastructure.

Italy

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What I'm looking for

I'm pursuing senior cybersecurity leadership opportunities globally where I can lead ISO 27001, regulatory compliance, cyber resilience, and security operations. I'm open to relocation, international sponsorship, hybrid, and remote engagements.

At Fuel Finance Company, I lead enterprise information security strategy, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 ISMS, cyber resilience, and regulatory compliance for a SAMA-regulated financial institution. I prepared the organization for certification with zero major non-conformities and built a unified control framework across SAMA CSF, NCA DCC, SDAIA PDPL, ISO/IEC 27001, and NIST CSF.

Across 17+ years in Middle East financial services and multi-site infrastructure, I’ve delivered HA firewalls, SIEM/EDR, DLP, Zero Trust access, disaster recovery, and security awareness programs. I combine hands-on operations with GRC leadership, reducing detection time, phishing susceptibility, privileged accounts, and technology costs while supporting global cybersecurity leadership opportunities.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Information Security Specialist

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Fuel Finance Company

Sep 2025 - Present (1 year)

Lead enterprise-wide information security strategy, governance, and operations for a SAMA-regulated financial institution. Spearheaded ISO/IEC 27001:2022 ISMS implementation achieving zero major non-conformities in external audit.

Cybersecurity Specialist

Tawkelat Financing Company

Sep 2023 - Sep 2025 (2 years)

Secured IT infrastructure and led regulatory compliance programs for a SAMA-licensed financing company. Drove ISO/IEC 27001 readiness program and managed security operations including EDR, DLP, NAC, SIEM, and GRC.

ISO 27001 SAMA CSF NCA DCC Sophos EDR Forcepoint DLP Forescout NAC Sahara SIEM Wazuh Active Directory MFA Apache Guacamole Veeam Backup and Replication ERamba KnowBe4 MITRE ATT&CK Vendor Risk Assessment

IT & Network Administrator

Marei Bin Mahfouz Group & Co.

Nov 2011 - Sep 2023 (11 years 10 months)

Managed end-to-end IT infrastructure for a multi-site enterprise group over 12 years. Drove security hardening, virtualization, and business continuity programs.

VCenter Hyper V Active Directory DNS DHCP GPO Sonicwall VLAN Cisco Dell Veeam Backup and Replication Sophos Central ASP.NET SQL Server ITIL

IT Consultant (Independent)

Self-employed

Jan 2010 - Oct 2011 (1 year 9 months)

Provided freelance IT consulting and network administration services to SMEs during transition between full-time roles.

Network Setup System Administration L1 L2 Support

IT Support Specialist

Starlink United Group

Feb 2007 - Dec 2009 (2 years 10 months)

Delivered L1/L2 technical support for hardware, software, and networking across a 100+ user environment. Supported audiovisual equipment for exhibitions and presentations.

Hardware Support Software support Networking Backup User Onboarding