Richard Israelite
Details
Information Systems
University of the Witwatersrand
2003
Bond University
Addepar
Director, Information Security
Within this role I am currently or have previously been responsible for the Office of the CISO, global Identity and Access Management initiatives as well as secops including SOC and incident response.
2016 : 2022
BlackRock
Director - Information Security
2005 : 2016
Large Financial Services Company
Vice President - Global Head of the SOC
Constantly liaising with clients in order to administer user access on all of the operating systems, applications and databases used within the organisation.
Understanding security needs of the business in terms of its Information Systems in order to maintain system integrity within the organisation.
Resolving and escalating access related issues.
2004 : 2005
HSBC Investor Fund Services
Systems Security Analyst
1st line systems support and also provided hourly system checks on the UNIX based CREST links.
Constantly liaising with internal customers to resolve general system problems. This required an in depth understanding of the many operating systems, applications, networks and devices within the organisation.
2004 : 2004
HSBC Investor Fund Services
Support Analyst
Skills
Active Directory, Computer Security, Databases, Disaster Recovery, Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, Information Security and Risk Management, Information Security Management, ITIL, Management, Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS), Penetration Testing, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Risk Metrics and Reporting, Security, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Tools, Unix, Vulnerability and Patch Management and Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Assessment, Network Intrusion, Vulnerability and Patch, Risk Metrics and, Security Information
About
Extensive experience in the IT and Information Security departments of several of the financial services industry’s biggest players and with a proven track record of meeting a multitude of deliverables. Possessing deep technical knowledge with strong leadership ability, people management and communication skills.