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Othniel Alphonse

Othniel Alphonse

Senior CyberSecurity Risk & Compliance Analyst

Technology / Internet

Sandton, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality

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Services offered

  • Obtain a CISO role or support a CISO/VP of information security implement an effective organizational security program charter and execution, concerned with planning, strategy governance and compliance. Oversee internal audits and support external audits through utilization of my skills and experience of 23 years in information systems risk, compliance and analysis.  I have competency in applying project management, information security, information security policy, business analysis, IT risk management, compliance, and internal auditing for government and private organizations.
Risk management
Internal auditing
Ciso
Compliance
Information security
Approximate rate: ZARR 1,400 per hour

Experience


I would like to submit my profile for consideration for this position. 

Cover Letter: 

Talented vCISO with 25 years of experience, I offer expertise in Cybersecurity policy, cloud security risk assessment, audit, risk management, privacy, data protection, executive reporting, risk identification and mitigation, IT project management, security awareness training and Generative AI implementation, compliance and ethics. My compliance audit expertise encompasses NIST, FEDRAMP, HITRUST, SOC 1/2, ISO 27001, ITIL, GDPR, COBIT, and HIPAA. I hold an Masters of Science in Information Security Management, CISSP, and CCISO. 

I have a strong track record of identifying areas of risk and opportunities to enable, navigate and protect the organizational assets to improve efficiencies, delivering long range strategy, provide tactical & strategic direction within a diverse, demanding and fast paced business cultures. 

My success has been hinged upon forging strong relationships with peers and partners to establish a collaborative and capabilities driven environment. I have achieved this by asking the right questions, empowering people, implementing processes, leveraging technology and engaging via consistent contextual messaging to enable and defend the business.

Notable clients I have served include the Department of Homeland Security, DEA, DOJ, FAA, Amazon Web Services, NIH, CMS, Census, DOI, IRS, USPS, Lexus Nexus, and many others. 

Othniel Alphonse, MSISM, CISSP, CCISO

Senior Information Security Risk & Compliance Analyst

Education

  • Masters in Information Security Management
  • CISSP
  • HITRUST
  • CCISO
  • NIST/FEDRAMP/CLOUD SECURITY
  • GDPR
  • PCI compliance
  • ISO 270001
  • ITIL/COBIT 

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