Zdravko Stoychev, CISM

Current

• Member at OpenID Foundation
• Network Security Officer at MPS Ltd.
• Member at Bulgarian Association of Software Developers

• CISM and Member at ISACA
• Project Manager at Freelance Projects

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Past

• Bulgarian Representative at OpenID Europe Foundation
• Systems Administrator in Systems Software and Support at MPS Ltd.
• Systems Administrator at OBS BG Ltd.

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Education

• Plovdivski universitet 'Paisii Hilendarski'

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Zdravko Stoychev, CISM’s Summary

* More than 5 years of Information Security management experience with successful project implementations. Gained CISM certificate and CPE in good standing;

* More than 5 years of auditing experience in Quality management and Information security management systems. Gained ISO 27001 Lead auditor course certificate;

* More than 10 years of experience in areas as software development, systems support and administration and project management;

* Championed an effort to restructure and optimize the Systems Administration team organization and employee bonus system in MPS Ltd;

* Participated in strategic management decisions as resource planning, hiring and executive management meetings on business development;

* Participated in European Union co-funded projects successful implementation;

* Expert knowledge in various areas as Linux, Windows, Network infrastructure, Security systems, Quality systems, Backup, Client-Server architecture, Software development;

* Mentored other team members.

Zdravko Stoychev, CISM’s Specialties:

Information security management, IT governance, security auditing, government liaison, EU funding, negotiation, purchasing, procurement, network security, network architecture, server architecture, Linux expertise, Microsoft windows expertise, continual studying, problem solving, leadership and project/team management.

Zdravko Stoychev, CISM’s Experience

• Member

  OpenID Foundation

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  December 2008 — Present (1 year )

  Participated in OpenID adoption and visibility. Voted on OpenID workgroups, specifications, and community board members of the OpenID Foundation.

• Network Security Officer

  MPS Ltd.

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Successfully implemented Information Security Management System (ISMS) based on ISO27001 standard. Appointed as Network Security Officer, member of Forum of Information Security in the company. With good standing as a Certified Information Security Manager from ISACA. Successfully completed ISO27001 Lead auditor courses with certification from Moody International.
  
  Development, implementation and maintenance of ISMS documentation such as policies, rules, SOA and procedures. Participating in Risk assessment and Thread analysis processes. IT budget and supplies planning, monitoring and execution. Government liaison, regarding EU funding and project execution.

• Member

  Bulgarian Association of Software Developers

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  Freelance lecturer and OpenID evangelist

• CISM and Member

  ISACA

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2007 — Present (2 years )

  Participated in ISACA local chapter meetings and conference trainings. Voted for chapter board members. Earned continuous professional education in various scopes on-site and online.

• Project Manager

  Freelance Projects

  (Computer Software industry)

  1990 — Present (19 years )

  Free Software projects, most of them located on SourceForce.net or self-hosted. Management of Sony Ericsson mobile phone devices – address book, calendar, files, themes etc. with support of OBEX, IrDA, IRMC protocols and Microsoft Outlook synchronization. Active Directory browser for managing domain users with Intranet chat capabilities. Network monitoring tools providing various types of reports and physical interface detailed statistics. And many, many others system tools, life-style applications and real-time systems.

Zdravko Stoychev, CISM’s Education

• Plovdivski universitet 'Paisii Hilendarski'

  MSc , Mathematics / Informatics , 1991 — 1996

  Diploma work titled "Object Level of Statistical Hypothesis Verification Agent Decision-making Machine."

  Activities and Societies:

  Artificial Intelligence project in Prolog language and FoxPro Database, Computer Graphics project with Real-time ray tracing engine development, Lectures and practices in Software development, Databases and Operating Systems

Additional Information

Zdravko Stoychev, CISM’s Interests:

new technology, management training, professional networking, software gadget development, reading fantasy novels, digital photography, space explorers, AI, a-life

Zdravko Stoychev, CISM’s Groups:

•    ISO-27001
•    ITIL V2&V3 (5000+)
•    Bulgarian Association of Software Developers (BASD)
•    Certified ISO27000 Lead Auditor
•    Information Security Community
•    OpenID Community Group
•    ISACA
•    OpenID Community
•    ISACA Professionals
•    Linux Expert
•    CISM Network
•    COBIT 4.1
•    CMM - Integrated (CMMI)
•    ITIL tools (1000+)
•    ISO 38500 for IT Governance
•    ISO 27000 for information security management (2000+)
•    Lead Auditor ISO 27001 Community
•    OpenID Security
•    Information Security Network
•    Bulgarian IT Professionals
•    Sharepoint User Group Bulgaria

Zdravko Stoychev, CISM’s Honors:

* Gained ISO27001 Lead Auditor course certificate, March 2009
* Earned Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification, November 2008
* Successfully completed ISO27001 Lead Auditor course, October 2008
* OpenID Europe Bulgarian Representative, February 2008
* Successfully completed ISACA CISM exam, June 2007
* First in the world, November 2006 level 2 I.T. Mark Premium achieved
* IT Mark - Security certificates, April 2006 level 1 I.T. Mark achieved
* Admin Toolbox nominations, 2006 WServerNews, Vol. 11, #37, Issue #593
* Microsoft Registered member certificate, 2005
* Gained few Brainbench issued certificates, pre-2000

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