Akshay Deshmukh

Cyber Security Professional with 14+ years of experience in multiple domain (Vulnerability Management, Vulnerability Assessment, Nessus, Remediation Support, Servers and Application logs Monitoring, IAM, Active Directory)

Assistant TechnicalConsultant                                                                                          Sep’2014 – Till Date

Tata Consultancy Services,

• Working as a Technical Lead in Enterprise Vulnerability Management for external client in World's leading investment bank project to work with stakeholders to remediate its Internal and External Vulnerabilities with the help of infrastructure scanning tools. Like Tenable Nessus.

                 1. Vulnerability Assessment & Management

• Prepare Device Scan Scoping.
• Initiation of discovery scans.
• Scheduling weekly and monthly scans using Nessus on existing infrastructure.
• Performing Vulnerability assessment on core (new) build.
• Handled vulnerability exceptions and Compliance exceptions. Update, create and adjust custom policies, standard and procedures.
• Collect necessary evidences from stakeholder for closure of vulnerabilities and submit for retest.

2. Reporting & Analysis

• Weekly/monthly reports on vulnerability trends & remediation status
• Audit support & ad hoc security queries
• Risk-based vulnerability prioritization

3. Security Compliance & Governance

• Audit & regulatory compliance support
• Custom & compliance report generation
• Security control enforcement (2FA, APT findings, Database unauthorized access monitoring)

                 4. Stakeholder & Incident Management

• Collaboration with Infra, Application, Server & Network teams
• Remediation progress tracking & follow-ups
• Security incident response & RCA (Root Cause Analysis)
• Incident escalation & governance
• Worked experience on Incident Management, Change Management and Problem

Management under client’s defined service management tools.

Senior System Engineer                                                                                                        July'13 - Aug’14

Artech Infosystem Pvt Ltd. Pune

Project:    Identity and Access Management support IBM India Pvt. Ltd. Pune

• Active Directory (AD) Administration
• User Provisioning & Deprovisioning
• Web Portal & Application Access Provisioning
• Process Documentation & Knowledge Transfer
• Monitoring & Compliance
• Ticketing Systems ( Service Now, IBM Maximo)

System Engineer                                                                                                                    April’11- April 13

Wipro Infotech Ltd. Pune

Project:               IAM Support for Bajaj FinservLending Ltd. Pune

• Identity & Access Management (IAM)
• Active Directory (AD) Administration
• User Provisioning & Deprovisioning
• Ticketing Systems (Remedy, IBM Maximo)
• Monitoring & Compliance
• Web Portal & Application Access Provisioning
• Mobility Support
• Team Leadership & Escalation Management
• Process Documentation & Knowledge Transfer
• Reporting & Metrics Tracking
• Service Quality & SLA Management

Senior Desktop Engineer                                                                                                  Apr’10- Mar’11

Impact Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Franchisee of Wipro InfotechLtd.

Project:               IT Infrastructure Support for for BajajFinserv Lending Ltd. Pune

• Endpoint Security Management
• Windows Server Administration, Active Directory (AD) Management
• DNS, DHCP, DFS Management
• Virtualization Administration
• Office 365 Administration
• Patch Management
• Remote Support Tools
• Vendor Coordination
• Incident & SLA Management

Associate TechnicalEngineer                                                                                          Dec’08- Apr’10

CMS Info System Pune

Project: FMS Support for Bajaj AllianzLife Insurance CompanyViman Nagar Pune

• IT Support & Troubleshooting
• Incident Management & Ticketing
• Software & OS Management
• Network and Hardware Support
• VIP & Critical User Support

• MBA in IT & Systems (The Global Open University)
• B. Com. (Santa Gadage Baba AmravatiUniversity)
• Diploma in IT (Societyfor Information Technology Development, Mumbai)