James Bent

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About James Bent

Competent, tenacious, and versatile IT professional with a strong technical background and extensive experience in both finance and legal industries. I am technically proficient with proven experience in environments that demand excellence and continuous improvement. My drive, analytical mindset, technical acumen, attention to detail, and customer focused approach have been instrumental in elevating my profile and in delivering results. I am entrusted with leading complex security analyses, overseeing critical / sensitive security incidents, providing strategic insights to discover and analyse potential threats, risks & vulnerabilities. I am familiar with security management frameworks and accreditation’s. This includes experience leading Cyber Essentials Plus and significant involvement in ISO27001 audits. I am technically adept, implementing controls related to network security, secure configuration, user access control, malware protection and patch management. I focus on vulnerability management and remediation, analysing security data and risks, and enhancing our cybersecurity posture. I have expertise in managing and supporting security systems, strengthening technical controls and policies, leading incident response and risk mitigation efforts. Collaborating with internal teams to manage risks is a crucial element of my role to ensure compliance with information security standards & policies. I am skilled and well versed in troubleshooting security issues, liaising with vendors, managing critical risk assessments findings, blocking and remediating threat intelligence, hardening infrastructure and endpoints, configuring email and web gateways. Supporting security best practices and providing effective guidance is an essential in my role. Having previous experience as a Senior Analyst at a Global Growth Equity firm meant I was responsible for managing the London, Amsterdam and Munich offices with one other colleague. I regularly travelled between offices, led the Amsterdam office relocation, tackled complex problems, and delivered comprehensive projects to exceptional standards.