Prashant Meswani

Current

IT Security Consultant at Meswani E-Business Ltd

Past

IDS Security Analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland
IDS Security Analyst at Cap Gemini
Network Security Analyst at Southampton City Council

IDS / IPS Security Analyst at EDS
Desktop Security Analyst at LSBU
Consultant at Secon
Helpdesk Support Consultant at Peapod
Support Engineer at IBM Global Services

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Education

The Open University
Leeds Metropolitan University
Northolt High School

The Open University

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Prashant Meswani’s Summary

Have skills in Vulnerability Assessment, IDS, Antivirus, Firewalls, Content Filtering and Proxy Acceleration (HTTP/HTTPS/FTP) devices. Have a broad understanding of ITIL and Project Lifecycles. Have a broad understanding of Microsoft Windows platforms, including Server technology and a basic understanding of Active Directory.

Am looking for a challenging Security Analyst role with the view of getting involved in Risk Analysis. Am prepared to relocate anywhere in the UK, USA, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Prashant Meswani’s Specialties:

• TrendMicro Antivirus (5 years)
• Surfcontrol Content Filtering (5 years)
• Bluecoat Proxy – Web Security (4 years)
• Borderware Firewall (4 years)
• Firewall Managed Service (3 Years)
• ISS Intrusion Detection (2 years)
• McAfee Antivirus (1.5 years)
• Vulnerability Assessment (1 year)
• Envision (1 year)
• McAfee Intrusion Detection (1 Year)
• SourceFire (Snort) Intrusion Detection (1 year)
• Safeboot Disk Encryption (3 months)
• Intellitactics (3 months)

Prashant Meswani’s Experience

IT Security Consultant

Meswani E-Business Ltd

(Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

Highly proficient IT Security Analyst with over 11 years experience within IT working for organisations including Blue Chip, OEM, Public Sector and Outsourcing. Clients supported including Banking, Local Government, NHS Trusts, Local Housing Associations and the Private Sector.

Have skills in Vulnerability Assessment, Network and Host Intrusion Detection System (HIDS and NIDS), Network and Host Intrusion Prevention System (NIPS and NIPS), Antivirus, Firewalls, Content Filtering and Proxy Acceleration (HTTP/HTTPS/FTP) devices. Have a broad understanding of ITIL and Project Lifecycles. Have a broad understanding of Microsoft Windows platforms, including Server technology and a basic understanding of Active Directory.
IDS Security Analyst

Royal Bank of Scotland

(Public Company; rbs; Banking industry)

April 2009 — July 2009 (4 months)

Provided assistance to the Project Team in identifying the Training needs for the Security Analysts for the Security Monitoring Team.

Assisted in documenting processes and howto's for the various tasks the team are undertaking.

Provided Operational / Eyes On Glass Support on Intellitactics and Sourcefire IDS.
IDS Security Analyst

Cap Gemini

(Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

March 2008 — December 2008 (10 months)

Investigated various alerts on the SourceFire IDS from identification to completion.

Performed vulnerability assessment on Windows 2003 platforms and provided suggestions for improving the security for the servers to the Project Managers.

Written Code of Connection documents for the IDS connectivity to the internet in order for the team to access various sites from the Metropolitan Police Network.

Updated the Teams SyOps document in line with extended scope for the team.

Provide reports on a weekly and monthly basis.

Identified the need to perform Wireless Scans and Audits and prepared a draft document for review.

Reviewed and approved various Change Requests from a security perspective.

Provided constructive recommendations and solutions on issues raised in Team Meetings.
Network Security Analyst

Southampton City Council

(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)

October 2007 — January 2008 (4 months)

Provided 3rd Line Support on McAfee Antivirus, ISS IDS, Websense and Safeboot.
IDS / IPS Security Analyst

EDS

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EDS; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2006 — October 2007 (1 year )

Monitoring alerts and intrusion attempts via McAfee IntruShield, ISS SiteProtector with ISS Proventia GX5008 and RSA Envision.

Supported users of Safeboot disk encryption.

Produce reports for clients for investigation and resolution of alerts.

Worked in a team of Operators on 12 hour shift rota.
Desktop Security Analyst

LSBU

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)

2005 — 2006 (1 year )

Provided 3rd Line Support on McAfee AV, ISS IDS, Safeboot and Websense.
Consultant

Secon

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

2004 — 2005 (1 year )

Attending Client sites to perform installation of Bluecoat Proxy, Surfcontrol, Sessionwall and TrendMicro products. Also delivered training sessions for customers of these products.
Helpdesk Support Consultant

Peapod

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

2000 — 2004 (4 years )

Providing first line support for Enterprise Security products. Product Suppliers covered: TrendMicro, Surfcontrol, Bluecoat, Borderware, Tripwire, Bindview and Smartfilter.
Support Engineer

IBM Global Services

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

1998 — 2000 (2 years )

Prashant Meswani’s Education

The Open University

BSC Hons , Open Degree , 2001 — 2004

Been involved with the Student Association from 2001 to 2005 at Branch and Regional Level and represented my region within the University Senate and Regional Consultative Committee.

Activities and Societies:

OUSA
Leeds Metropolitan University

HND , Computing , 1993 — 1996

Student Rep for the HND Computing Course from 1995 to 1996

Activities and Societies:

Student Rep 1995 to 1996
Northolt High School

1985 — 1990
The Open University

PostGrad , IT Security / Computer Forensic Investigation , 2008