Abed Hamdan

CEO

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia20 yrs 2 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 20 years of cyber security experience.
Founder of GRC Mastery, a leading training platform.
Cybersecurity YouTuber with over 300K subscribers.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cyber Security expert with a strong focus on Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance.

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Skills

Core Skills

Governance, Risk Management, And Compliance (grc)CybersecurityCyber DefenseUnix Security

Other Skills

ISO 27001NISTAPRA CPS234Risk ManagementIncident ResponseThreat DetectionFirewall ManagementData Loss Prevention (DLP)Security AssessmentsVulnerability ManagementServer ManagementPublic SpeakingDLPEnterprise Risk ManagementPayment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)

About

Links to all my stuff online: https://linktr.ee/unixguy Cyber Security professional with over two decades of experience across multiple domains and industry. Currently a consultant with a focus on GRC, leadership, building awesome teams, and strategy. I'm also one of the biggest cyber security content creators in the world (known online as UnixGuy ), and also the founder of GRC Mastery, a premium Cyber Security GRC training: https://grcmastery.com

Experience

Grc mastery

Founder and CEO

Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

Made Cyber Security GRC knowledge accessible to the public. The training is based on years of experience in the market.
The training has lead to individuals from all over the world breaking into the world of cybersecurity GRC, many with no prior experience.

Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC)

Confidential

Director, Cyber Security Consulting

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Australia

▪️ Leading high-impact cyber security strategies, securing $35 million in client assets through risk mitigation.
▪️ Advising C-suite executives on governance, risk, and compliance, improving security posture by 30% across key clients.
▪️ Driving ISO 27001, NIST, and APRA CPS234 compliance, reducing audit findings by 40%.

CybersecurityGovernance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC)ISO 27001NISTAPRA CPS234

Youtube

UnixGuy

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 3 mos

Trying to make a difference.
Find me here
https://youtube.com/@unixguy

Pwc australia

Senior Manager, Cyber Security

Jan 2019 – Jan 2024 · 5 yrs · Australia

▪️ Managed a multi-million dollar cybersecurity consulting portfolio, delivering risk reduction strategies to major enterprises.
▪️ Led 50+ security risk assessments, enhancing client resilience by 35%.
▪️ Spearheaded cloud security transformations, reducing data breach risks by 25%.

CybersecurityRisk Management

Nbn® australia

Cyber Defence Team Lead

Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 · 2 yrs · Australia

▪️ Led a 24/7 cyber defense team, cutting incident response times by 40%.
▪️ Developed an enterprise-wide threat detection framework, reducing false positives by 30%.
▪️ Built a world-class cyber defense team.

Cyber DefenseIncident ResponseThreat Detection

Nab

Senior Cyber Security Analyst

Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 · 3 yrs · Australia

▪️ Strengthened Firewalls and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) systems.
▪️ Conducted 200+ security assessments, closing critical vulnerabilities within 48 hours.
▪️ Improved SIEM capabilities, detecting threats 2x faster than previous benchmarks.

Firewall ManagementData Loss Prevention (DLP)Security AssessmentsCybersecurity

Various companies

Senior Unix Security Engineer

Jan 2003 – Dec 2010 · 7 yrs 11 mos

▪️ Hardened Unix security configurations, reducing system vulnerabilities by 45%.
▪️ Managed 10,000+ servers, ensuring compliance with industry security standards.
▪️ Automated security patching, cutting downtime by 50%.

Unix SecurityServer Management