Alireza Ghahrood

Consultant & Instructor -Cyber Security,GovernanceRIskCompliance (CISO as a Services) at Independent
Has 10+ Years Of Experience

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User Activity

About 7 years ago

Commented on Vulnerability management is the most valuable feature but it would be good if they could provide an internal computing appliance.

Thanks 4 share

About 7 years ago

Commented on Patch supersedence has been an invaluable feature

Publish!? Or

Over 7 years ago

Contributed a review of Barracuda Web Application Firewall: Strong updating features but the tech support is weak

Almost 8 years ago

Commented on Enables Centralization And Correlation Of Data That Was Unattainable With Other Solutions

According to Splunk documentation posted here, Splunk offers reporting capabilities for various security compliance initiatives, including the following Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2014 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Health Insurance Portability and…

Almost 8 years ago

Commented on Allows us to monitor access and pull cyber reports quickly. No more searching through logs on each server.

SolarWinds Log and Event Manager offers the core SIEM capabilities supported by nearly every SIEM, and in addition, the product also supports enhanced file and registry integrity monitoring to generate additional security log entries for endpoints. No other advanced security…

Over 8 years ago

Answered a question: When evaluating Network Performance Monitoring, what aspect do you think is the most important to look for?

- Highly detailed stats collection without roll-ups - Out-of-the-box Monitoring and alerting - Product has to be multi-user and multi-vendor - As little system maintenance as possible - Reliability and Scalability - Customization - Fast development cycle - Good…

Over 8 years ago

Commented on How to Choose an Endpoint Protection Solution

First, what is required Then select the product

Almost 9 years ago

Commented on The ability to see logs and correlate them using Splunk has greatly improved our organization's functionality with auditing and troubleshooting.

splunk is user friendly-Better than other similar products

Almost 9 years ago

Answered a question: Best solutions for breach detection and forensics.

RSA NetWitness® Suite

Almost 9 years ago

Answered a question: Best solutions for breach detection and forensics.

https://www.fireeye.com/products/forensics-investigation.html

Almost 9 years ago

Answered a question: Between AlienVault and LogRhythm, which solution is suitable for Banks in Gulf Region

if ur forced Between Alien Vault and LogRhythm,alien vault is the better

Almost 9 years ago

Answered a question: Between AlienVault and LogRhythm, which solution is suitable for Banks in Gulf Region

Alien Vault-2 be sure

Almost 9 years ago

Commented on Enables Centralization And Correlation Of Data That Was Unattainable With Other Solutions

Yes Splunk is still a top dog in SIEMs-exactly

Almost 9 years ago

Commented on New SIEM Reviews 2017

ye :LogRhythm is missing in the list

Almost 9 years ago

Commented on New Network Monitoring Software Reviews 2017

SolarWinds NPM , zabix is good

Almost 9 years ago

Commented on It allows us to store raw data and use it repeatedly for different domains.

Splunk's schema-on-read technology is one of the most valuable characteristics of this solution. It allows us to store raw data and use it repeatedly for different domains. You don't need to prepare the data upfront.

Almost 9 years ago

Commented on The Alerting Module provides real-time event processing language on the logs/packets stream.

The only thing I advise others is to spend enough time for fine-tuning and the initial rule development. You should also develop a plan for the ongoing development and fine-tuning, as found in all the other SIEM solutions.

Almost 9 years ago

Commented on We can investigate incidents based on logs and raw packets.

Built-in Incident Management module for small security/SOC teams

Almost 9 years ago

Commented on Ingests machine data and helps to analyze and visualize it.

Cost and Licensing Advice: You will eat up whatever you purchase quickly. The level of insights that Splunk empowers is addictive

Almost 9 years ago

Commented on New SIEM Reviews -- What Users Say in Q2 2017

arcsight - splunk - rsa

Almost 9 years ago

Commented on Provides visibility into business metrics and insights that deliver value.

If there's gold in log files, Splunk will help you to find it. Splunk bridges the gap between simple log management and security information and event management products from vendors such as ArcSight, RSA, Q1 Labs and Symantec. Splunk lets you gather log data from…

Almost 9 years ago

Commented on Provides the ability to diagnose problems in production and non-production.

exactly :I have found that the use of Splunk has saved many hours of time and, as said in the review the ROI is amazing with problem solving much faster than I've seen from other searches.

About 9 years ago

Commented on Correlates data across our global enterprise and integrates third-party solutions.

Stability Issues: The stability is good.

About 9 years ago

Commented on The feature list allows us to input data dynamically to list it as a rule action.

thnaks 4 share it :D

Over 9 years ago

Commented on Innovative tool but it needs to be improved for day to day use.

thank you for a good review.

Almost 10 years ago

Commented on Our company uses a virtual infrastructure. Implementing this product supplements the protection of our infrastructure.

I think Fortinet has a balanced offering of prices and licenses. %50 %50

Almost 10 years ago

Commented on We run this product on our network 24/7 and it has helped identify important events.

thats right

Almost 10 years ago

Commented on We run this product on our network 24/7 and it has helped identify important events.

Excellent! Every time I have had an issue, the customer and technical support has been outstanding : exactly

Over 10 years ago

Commented on It provides reports on the Cardholder Data Environment at 95% effectiveness, but to operate at the 99.99% level, it needs to have uninterrupted reporting host connections to the Log Mediator.

like :dude - Speciallyyyy LogRhythm Change Management

Almost 11 years ago

Commented on Qradar vs. ArcSight

complete review

About 11 years ago

Commented on It could be easier to set up but it has an innovative way of collecting and presenting data

Splunk is the best - SIEM

Projects

Almost 9 years ago

Consultant (Network & Infrastructure -Security) 4 Critical Systems

Consultant (Network & Infrastructure -Security) 4 Critical Systems and Electronics iran

About 7 years ago

Consultant as Project Manager (Security , Infrastructure) 4 Saei Co

Consultant as Project Manager (Security , Infrastructure) 4 Saei Tehran Co Jan 2018 – Present Project descriptionConsuler,Design,Imp,Operation,Support,Training :Infra, / Sec, Fw Vmware San R-S Ddos Va Pt Patch Mgmt BCP Anti Malware IDP IPs,IDs Monitoring Hardening log…

About 7 years ago

Teaching and Training Custom Courses (Cyber Security) 4 Cinnagen

About 7 years ago

Projects Project nameCyber Security Consultant by ( Offensive

Project Manager as Director Security , Network Infrastructure 4 AbadanPng Jun 2018 – Jun 2019 Project description:Infrastructure , Security Developing+Security , Infrastructure FineTune+Enterprise ArchInfra: Hashing Dns - dis - server - NAS - redundant - HAStorage - BCP -…

Experience

Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Strong updating features but the tech support is weak

Answers

Over 8 years ago

Network Monitoring Software

When evaluating Network Performance Monitoring, what aspect do you think is the most important to look for?

Almost 9 years ago

Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS)

Best solutions for breach detection and forensics.

Almost 9 years ago

Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS)

Best solutions for breach detection and forensics.

Almost 9 years ago

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Between AlienVault and LogRhythm, which solution is suitable for Banks in Gulf Region

Almost 9 years ago

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Between AlienVault and LogRhythm, which solution is suitable for Banks in Gulf Region

Comments

Almost 9 years ago

Log Management

Ingests machine data and helps to analyze and visualize it.

Almost 9 years ago

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

New SIEM Reviews -- What Users Say in Q2 2017

Almost 9 years ago

Log Management

Provides visibility into business metrics and insights that deliver value.

Almost 9 years ago

Log Management

Provides the ability to diagnose problems in production and non-production.

About 9 years ago

Log Management

Correlates data across our global enterprise and integrates third-party solutions.

About 9 years ago

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

The feature list allows us to input data dynamically to list it as a rule action.

Over 9 years ago

Log Management

Innovative tool but it needs to be improved for day to day use.

Almost 10 years ago

Log Management

Our company uses a virtual infrastructure. Implementing this product supplements the protection of our infrastructure.

Almost 10 years ago

Log Management

We run this product on our network 24/7 and it has helped identify important events.

Almost 10 years ago

Log Management

We run this product on our network 24/7 and it has helped identify important events.

Over 10 years ago

Log Management

It provides reports on the Cardholder Data Environment at 95% effectiveness, but to operate at the 99.99% level, it needs to have uninterrupted reporting host connections to the Log Mediator.

Almost 11 years ago

Log Management

Qradar vs. ArcSight

About 11 years ago

Log Management

It could be easier to set up but it has an innovative way of collecting and presenting data

Almost 9 years ago

Log Management

We can investigate incidents based on logs and raw packets.

Almost 9 years ago

Log Management

The Alerting Module provides real-time event processing language on the logs/packets stream.

Almost 9 years ago

Log Management

It allows us to store raw data and use it repeatedly for different domains.

Almost 9 years ago

Network Monitoring Software

New Network Monitoring Software Reviews 2017

Almost 9 years ago

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

New SIEM Reviews 2017

Almost 9 years ago

Log Management

Enables Centralization And Correlation Of Data That Was Unattainable With Other Solutions

Almost 9 years ago

Log Management

The ability to see logs and correlate them using Splunk has greatly improved our organization's functionality with auditing and troubleshooting.

Over 8 years ago

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)

How to Choose an Endpoint Protection Solution

Almost 8 years ago

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Allows us to monitor access and pull cyber reports quickly. No more searching through logs on each server.

Almost 8 years ago

Log Management

Enables Centralization And Correlation Of Data That Was Unattainable With Other Solutions

About 7 years ago

IT Asset Management

Patch supersedence has been an invaluable feature

About 7 years ago

IT Asset Management

Vulnerability management is the most valuable feature but it would be good if they could provide an internal computing appliance.

About me

I have worked in the ITS(Security)/Cyber Security Section 4 more than 15 years
Graduate student /MBA : Master of e-Business Administration(E.Commerce)2012-2014 With IMI - Industrial Management Institute,Cavendish College -
( Research & Knowledge Base )
imi.ir/

Bachelor of Computer science/Information Technology (CNS:Comuter Network Systems)
( Research & Knowledge Base )
www.viu.edu/

My Certificate:
Microsoft Certificate System Administrator 2003-MCSA2003Security
Microsoft Certificate ُSystem Engineer 2003-MCSE2003Security
Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration
Windows Server 2008 Application Infrastructure Configuration
Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration
Microsoft Certificate Professional 1,2
MCTS , 7
MCITP
MCITP Server Administrator
MCITP Enterprise Administrator
MCSA2008,2012,2016
MCSE 2012,2016 Server Infrastructure
Comptia A+Network+Security+ IT Operation,CASP
MCSE 2012,2016 Cloud & Security - Private
MCSE MSG 2012,2016
TCCSP1 - (TIC CIU Cyber Security Professional)
TCCSP2 - (TIC CIU Cloud Security Professional)
TCNSP - (TIC CIU Network Security Professional)
TCSMP(TIC CIU Security Management Professional)
ISO27001:2007-2013 (ISMS) Implementation/QMS Italia , Audit Internal, Lead Auditor From Acs Usa
SANS Bootcamp
CCNA Security
ICSI | Certified Network Security Specialist (CNSS)
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
ISACA Bootcamp
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Certifications

Security +
A+
Network +
Microsoft Certified Professional_MCP 1.0 -- Certified Professional
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) 2003
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) 2003 \ Security
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) 2003
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) 2003 \ Security
MCTS=Windows 7
Configuring
MCTS:Windows Server 2008 Active Directory
Configuring
MCTS:Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure
Configuring
MCTS:Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure
Configuring
Pro: Windows Server 2008
Server Administrator
Pro: Windows Server 2008
Enterprise Administrator
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) 2008
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) 2012
MCTS:Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012
MCTS:Administering Windows Server 2012
MCTS:Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services
MCTS:Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure
MCTS:Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure
Microsoft Certified Professional_MCP 2.0 -- Certified Professional
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) 2012 - Server Infrastructure
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) 2012 Cloud & Security - Private
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) 2012 - MSG
Things That Can Undermine Your Security Program( Cyber Security )
Things That Can Undermine Your Security Program ( Security Intelligence )
Things That Can Undermine Your Security Program ( Security Strategy )
Things That Can Undermine Your Security Program ( Critical Controls )
Things That Can Undermine Your Security Program ( Next Generation Fw )
Things That Can Undermine Your Security Program ( CISO )
Things That Can Undermine Your Security Program ( SOC V )
Things That Can Undermine Your Security Program( Security Monitoring )
CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP)
Network Security Professional– TCNSP
Cloud Security Professional 1-TCCSP1
Cyber Security Professional 2– TCCSP2
Security Management Professional – TCSMP
Personal Branding
Information Security Management System - ISMS ( ISO / 27001)
MS: Windows 7
Configuring
CompTIA Security ce
CCNA Security - Implementing Cisco Network Security (IINS)
CISM-ISACA

Employers

Private Co
Execution of Imam khomeini's order (EIKO)
Afranet
AmnPardaz
SARV
Douran
IR National SOC : Security Operation Center
RAYA VND
Rayan Andishan E Faraz
NIOCPR
Parsian HP

Education

Interesting Projects and Accomplishments

Almost 9 years ago

Consultant (Network & Infrastructure -Security) 4 Critical Systems

About 7 years ago

Consultant as Project Manager (Security , Infrastructure) 4 Saei Co

About 7 years ago

Teaching and Training Custom Courses (Cyber Security) 4 Cinnagen

About 7 years ago

Projects Project nameCyber Security Consultant by ( Offensive