Cyril Onwubiko

Cyril Onwubiko

Security Consultant at BT

United Kingdom

Current
  • Security Consultant at BT
  • Chair, Intelligence & Security Assurance, E-Security Group at Research Series
Past
Education
  • Kingston University
  • University of East London
  • Federal University of Technology Owerri
Connections
252 connections
Industry
Computer & Network Security
Websites

Cyril Onwubiko’s Summary

Dr. Cyril is a Security Professional with substantial R&D, consulting and practical experience in attack analysis, data fusion, computer network defence, intelligence and security informatics. Cyril is SC cleared and a CESG CLAS consultant. He is the author of the book "Security Framework for Attack Detection in Computer Networks"

He has broadened R&D and hands-on experiences in various aspects of internetworking, information security and information assurance. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles on computer and network security at different journals and conferences (see: http://www.research-series.com/cyril).

Cyril Onwubiko’s Specialties:

Computer Network Security, Information Security, Network Forensics, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Solutions, Threat Analysis, Vulnerability Assessment & Risk Management.


Cyril Onwubiko’s Experience

  • Security Consultant

    BT

    (Public Company; BT.A; Telecommunications industry)

    July 2008Present (1 year 7 months)

    I work in BT Design LoB as a Security Consultant looking after Security Policy Document, Security Policy Evaluation, Business Impact Review (BIR), Risk Analysis and Security Auditing. I'm the Project Lead for Arbor Peakflow X Deployment on the CT-DCN, whilst working on 21C Networks, some of which are part of the critical national infrastructure (CNI).

    I also participate in collaborative research with BT Research at Adastral Park, and working on European Projects that involves academic bidding and innovative research in the areas of cummulative and interdependent risk management.

  • Chair, Intelligence & Security Assurance, E-Security Group

    Research Series

    (Computer & Network Security industry)

    May 2008Present (1 year 9 months)

    Participating in research in Information Security, Risk Management, Security Auditing, Data Fusion, SIEM, Attack Detection and Computer Network Security.

  • Security Analyst

    COLT Telecom

    (Public Company; COLT; Telecommunications industry)

    June 2006July 2008 (2 years 2 months)

    Worked in the Security Operations Centre (SOC), that looked after European Managed Secure Services to Customers, engaged in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), specialised on Arcsight Event Correlator, Threat and Attack Mitigation using Arbor Peakflow (SP, X, TMS). Specialist on firewalls, Checkpoint, Cisco ASA, PIX, FWSM, Lucent Brick etc. Monitors alerts and follow-up on security incidents, incident handling, Security Advisory, Planned Maintenance and Change Advisory Borad (CAB).

  • IP Backbone Engineer

    COLT Telecom

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; COLT; Telecommunications industry)

    February 2003May 2006 (3 years 4 months)

    - Design and Support for IP Backbone Network
    - Design and Implementation of COLT MPLS backbone network
    - On Call

  • Network Engineer

    COLT Telecom.

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; COLT; Telecommunications industry)

    December 2000January 2003 (2 years 2 months)

    - Monitoring and supporting MPLS VPN Managed customers - Fortune 500 Banks
    - Providing support and consulting services to SWIFT
    - On-call for IP services

  • IT Manager

    SOLIX

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    August 1998September 2000 (2 years 2 months)

    # Strategic Consulting, including business plan & IT support strategy development.
    # Out sourcing and Advising new businesses on Information Technology and IT projects.
    # Design and implementation of new IT projects, ranging from Internet Solutions to VPN Solutions.
    # Manage and maintain IT projects and implementation sof customers.
    # Technical Report writing and scientific papers.

  • Systems Engineer

    Bristow Helicopters

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)

    January 2000August 2000 (8 months)

    - Managing IT Systems
    - Technical support for IT Users
    - Maintaining the IT & Networking Infrastructure
    - Documenting and Technical writing
    - Technical strategist for IT related issues.


Cyril Onwubiko’s Education

  • Kingston University

    PhD , Computer Network Security , 20032007

    Activities and Societies:
    Networking and Communications Group (NCG)
    http://dircweb.king.ac.uk/Ris/Queries/Pages/home_page.asp?authorID=393
  • University of East London

    M.Sc. , Internet Engineering , 20002002

    Modules: Computer Network Security, E-Commerce, Distributed Object Engineering, and Project Management

    List of Publications:http://www.research-series.com/cyril

  • Federal University of Technology Owerri

    BSc (First Class Hons) , Computer Science & Mathematics , 19901996

    Activities and Societies: Other Degrees:
    B.Sc. Graduated with First Honors (1st Class Honours) in Mathematics & Computer Science, FUTO, 1996.
    Member: Rotary International


Additional Information

Cyril Onwubiko’s Websites:

Cyril Onwubiko’s Interests:

Security Information Management (SIM) Solutions, Integrated Security Frameworks, Threat Management and Secure Services.

Cyril Onwubiko’s Groups:

- IEEE Computer Society
- Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
- ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control (SIGSAC)
- ACM Special Interest Group for Genetic and Evolutionary Computing (SIGEVO)
- Internet Protocol Journal (IPJ).
- Networking & Communications Group, Kingston University (NCG),
- Technical PC Member, European Conference on Computer Network Defense (EC2ND), Ireland.

  •    The Official IEEE Group
  •    Information Security Community
  •    Complex Event Processing Users Group
  •    Computer Security and Forensics
  •    TOGAF
  •    Kingston University Alumni Association
  •    BT Network
  •    Vulnerability Researchers
  •    The Good COLT crown
  •    Information Security Contractors
  •    The IT Job Board
  •    Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum (CCIF)
  •    Information Risk & Security Job Forum
  •    Cloud Security Alliance
  •    RCG Security Executive Focus Group
  •    Information Assurance (IA) Group

Cyril Onwubiko’s Honors:

- CCSP: Cisco Certified Security Professional
- CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate
- INFOSEC: Information Security Professional
- CCSA: Check Point Certified Security Administrator
- CCSE: Check Point Certified Security Expert


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