Yinon Balak, CISSP
Cyber Security Lead at North Bristol NHS Trust- Claim this Profile
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English Full professional proficiency
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Hebrew Native or bilingual proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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MCTS-Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
MicrosoftJan, 2007- Nov, 2024 -
CISO - Chief Information Security Officer
See-Security: Cyber & Information Security College -
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
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MCSA-Microsoft Certified System Administrator
Microsoft
Experience
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North Bristol NHS Trust
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United Kingdom
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Cyber Security Lead
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Nov 2020 - Present
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Bristol City Council
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United Kingdom
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Information Security Officer
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Jul 2019 - Feb 2020
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THIS audit&security
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Israel
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Security and Investigations
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1 - 100 Employee
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IT Security Consultant
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Feb 2017 - Jun 2019
Leading a team as well as being an active member. Performing audits and risk surveys for different organizations (mainly banks and insurance companies) providing detailed technical reports with recommendations to mitigate or reduce the risk. Examining the strength of the organization's defense mechanism, working procedures and the information security controls enforcement. Examining user's rights and privileges for the access to specific data. Management of large-scale projects. Characterizing and defining the priorities of the organization’s risks of their assets in order to maintain confidentiality, integrity and availability of data. Working with benchmark guidelines and common best practices. Producing security policies and procedures documents for organizations. Creating a key risk indicator (KRI) for the organizations self-assessment purposes. Ensuring all tasks are completed to meet the business’s objectives and regulatory requirements.
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Citadel Cyber Security
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Israel
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Computer and Network Security
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100 - 200 Employee
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IT Security Specialist
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Aug 2016 - Feb 2017
Management of risk surveys, guiding and supporting the application developers and the system team in implementing the controls required to mitigate the risks, cyber threats and information security vulnerabilities. Weekly proactive meetings with a team around the world (video conference). Producing a work plan to comply with the requirements for the Commissioner of Insurance. Daily communication with senior management, colleagues abroad and across the country. Characterizing and auditing the information security configuration in IT systems.
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Strauss Water Ltd. שטראוס מים
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Israel
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Food and Beverage Services
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200 - 300 Employee
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IT Professional
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Apr 2010 - Aug 2016
Network management within the large corporate environment. This includes branches located in the Israel and abroad. Operation of IT security systems; managing organization's Microsoft server environment. Actively leading large cross-organizational projects, deploying and integrating information security systems within the organization. Management of networks across Israel and around the world. Communicating effectively with colleagues abroad. Prioritizing and managing ongoing work with service providers and vendors. Installation, maintenance, upgrading and troubleshooting of physical and virtual servers. Management and maintenance of the company's storage system (NetApp). Providing support and guidance to the Help Desk team (tier3 support).
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Securenet
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Ramat Gan Area, Israel
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IT Specialist
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2007 - 2009
Maintaining and troubleshooting PCs, printers and servers. Installation, configuration and management of Microsoft enterprise servers. Operating diverse security systems (such as Esafe, mail and web gateway, Iron Port, and Antivirus program). Maintaining and troubleshooting PCs, printers and servers. Installation, configuration and management of Microsoft enterprise servers. Operating diverse security systems (such as Esafe, mail and web gateway, Iron Port, and Antivirus program).
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Israel Defense Forces
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Israel
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Armed Forces
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700 & Above Employee
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IT System Administrator/ Help Desk Team Leader
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2004 - 2007
Full military national service in the School of Intelligence, managing over 20 IT technicians, who provided Working in the intelligence force. Level 3 support. full support to all end-points and servers in the base. Level C support, Helpdesk + System. Full management of Microsoft environment servers, NetApp Storage appliance and Symantec anti-virus. Full military national service in the School of Intelligence, managing over 20 IT technicians, who provided Working in the intelligence force. Level 3 support. full support to all end-points and servers in the base. Level C support, Helpdesk + System. Full management of Microsoft environment servers, NetApp Storage appliance and Symantec anti-virus.
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Education
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cissp -
See-security
CISO -
Gymnasia Herzlia