Syed Abbas Hussain

- Deployed XDR and SIEM, reducing security incidents by approximately 35% and cutting mean time to detection from hours to minutes - Led ISO 27001 certification program - Built a structured incident response and threat analysis framework from scratch, standardising escalation workflows that measurably improved mean time to resolution - Enforced IAM, encryption, and data protection controls across hybrid infrastructure, closing critical audit findings - Maintained the enterprise risk register

- Secured enterprise wireless infrastructure spanning 2,800+ access points and IoT medical devices — zero security-related outages during tenure - Managed Cisco ISE and RBAC access governance, tightening segmentation between clinical, guest, and administrative zones - Performed vulnerability assessments and compliance audits (ISO 27001, NIST), contributing to successful audit outcomes

- Deployed SIEM, SOAR, and XDR platforms — establishing the organisation's first automated threat detection and response capability - Resolved complex network security faults across multiple factory sites impacting production availability, restoring operations within SLA targets

- Led a team of security and infrastructure engineers, building capabilities and reducing dependency on external contractors - Deployed secure network architecture for a new factory site without increasing costs — full security stack on time and within budget - Implemented AWS cloud security (IAM, VPC, encryption), enabling the company's first hybrid cloud deployment with Security by Design. - Managed SIEM/XDR platforms for enterprise-wide threat detection, strengthening audit trail capabilities

- Architected secure SD-WAN transformation across 100+ stores — cutting WAN costs by 70% and improving uptime from 90% to 99%, directly enabling digital ordering expansion - Established centralised threat visibility through SIEM/XDR for the first time across the entire store network - Conducted vulnerability assessments and penetration testing — zero security breaches during the full rollout period

- Secured banking infrastructure spanning 700+ branches with zone-based firewall policies maintaining PCI-DSS and ISO 27001 compliance - Administered SolarWinds monitoring, enabling proactive threat detection that reduced MTTR and supported digital transformation - Conducted vulnerability assessments and security audits in a heavily regulated financial services environment