Laurent - Consultant cybersécurité .NET

Independent consultant and owner at Secloudia

Cybersecurity, compliance, cloud, AWS, consultancy and training for startups & SMEs.

IT & Training Manager at Passerelles Numériques

Served for 15 months as International Solidarity Volunteer (French VSI) for an international NGO.
Responsible for the Systems & Network Administration (SNA) curriculum as well as the overall IT of the
school (35 staff and 150 students). Led a team of 4 FTEs (2 SNA Trainers and 2 IT Officers).
 Developed cybersecurity and cloud computing modules
 Applied for the AWS Educate institution grant and embedded it into the SNA curriculum
 Moved IT labs from hardware-based to cloud-based amid COVID-19 school closure and beyond
 Increased Google G Suite adoption and organized the training of all staff and students during C-19
 Established and maintained relationships with various partners (businesses, NGOs, government)

 Selected as part of the AWS Educate Cloud Ambassador 2020 cohort

Traveled for 4 months to the 3 countries where Passerelles Numériques operates in Asia and delivered
training in cyber-security as a volunteer.
 Delivered training to students (2 weeks in Da Nang, Vietnam and 4 weeks in Cebu, Philippines)
 Mentored and trained the local IT & training team in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Senior Information Security Risk Analyst

Information security risk assessment & advisory for the Corporate Information Security Office (CISO).
 Supported senior management in making risk-based decisions to achieve business objectives
 Identified and assessed risks in all aspects of information security for various projects
 Provided security advisory and architecture support during projects
 Performed vendor security assessments (e.g. BPO, cloud suppliers, data center inspection, etc.)
 Coordinated penetration testing and vulnerability assessments
 Monitored ongoing risks and followed up on remediation
 Established relationships with business lines, subsidiaries and other risk functions (legal,
compliance, audit)

IT security operations and outsourcing management for the CNES ICT Department.
Assigned as a consultant for Scassi.
 Reviewed and oversaw the overall incident management process
 Reviewed vendors' security controls to ensure ongoing compliance with standards and policies
 Monitored security systems operations, performance, availability and capacity
 Reviewed and monitored security vulnerabilities and remediation activities
 Developed requests for tender and supported tender evaluations
 Led continuous service improvement for security

Information Security Consultant

R&D, presales, training delivery and consulting.
 Co-built the eLearning platform PHOSFOREA and authored courses in information security
 Delivered training in cloud computing security to IT auditors

Senior Security Analyst

ESA's Computer Emergency Response Team (ESACERT).
Assigned as a consultant for Verizon Business.
 Led incident response and threat hunting
 Performed malware analysis and forensics activities
 Performed security & vulnerability assessments and monitored findings resolution
 Co-organized security awareness campaign and seminars for all ESA sites
 Wrote security articles for the ESA community

Senior Security Consultant at Verizon Business

Verizon Business Professional Services EMEA. Worked for various SME & Enterprise customers.
 Designed, tested, deployed and supported security infra and systems in complex environments
 Performed security audits, reviews and assessments
 Developed security policies, guidelines and standard operating procedures
 Developed and optimized security assessment tools
 Delivered security training, managed projects, developed solutions and performed presales activities

Part-time teaching for the specialized Bachelor program in mobile networks and security.
 Taught cryptography, cybersecurity and hacking (app. 30 hours every year)
 Member of the pedagogic council

Security Analyst

Security Operations Center (SOC) environment in a 24x7x365 shift work schedule providing Managed
Security Services to various customers.
 Analyzed logs and security trends
 Investigated intrusion detection alerts and handled security incidents
 Supported customer security devices administration such as firewall, IDPS, router, VPN and proxy
 Supported the SOC back-end and Linux/Unix system administration
2004: Internship in system & network administration at La SNET – Metz, France
Project in end-user software releases packaging, testing & deployment.