Kenneth Rough

Lowestoft, Suffolk

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Certifications

  • Comptia Security+ (SYO-601)
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01)
  • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
  • Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900)
  • Cloud Security Alliance's Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CSA CCSK)
  • CAPSLOCK's Certified Cyber Security Practitioner (Ce-CSP)
  • Computer Society's Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (BCS CISMP)
  • BSI - ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Requirements
  • SNHU - Scripting with Python

Career Highlights

Trainee Cyber Security Consultant - Capslock.ac

March 2021 - July 2021

Studied Cyber Security with a completely online course from Capslock.ac. This was a 16 week intensive, full time, course. Areas covered included:-

  • Offensive & Defensive Security
  • Business Continuity & Incident Response
  • Access Control
  • Security by Design
  • Cyber Security Culture & Awareness

Service Advisor (Temporary Contract) - Awaze (Hoseasons), Lowestoft

October 2020 - December 2020

Dealt with customer queries relating to holiday bookings. This involved changing bookings, answering questions, liaising directly with holiday parks and occasionally refunding customers.

Web Design and IT Admin Assistant - The Tile Company, York

2017 - 2020

  • Built and maintained company e-commerce site using a customised cubecart installation. Customisation was mainly done using CSS. Ensured site compliance with GDPR and PCI-DSS.
  • Maintained company ebay store.
  • Updated and maintained Wordpress site for another of the company's brands. This was customised using CSS and PHP.
  • IT Support including installing new PC’s, Updating Operating Systems to Windows 7 and then Windows 10 and Installing Software Packages such as MS Office.
Warehouse Person - R.Yates and Sons, Malton

2016 - 2017

Kitchen Assistant - Royal Oak Hotel, Helmsley

2015 - 2016

Internet Marketing and Web Design - Self Employed

2011 - 2015

Lead Programmer Analyst - TSYS Ltd, York

2001 - 2011

Programming and Analysis mainly in a support environment for one of the world's leading Credit Card Processors. This was an IBM mainframe environment, using Cobol, IMS and JCL with some occasional use of DB2.

  • Promoted from Programmer Analyst II to Senior Programmer Analyst and then to Lead Programmer Analyst.
  • Led the Chip and Pin migration for major UK banks credit card portfolio.
  • Started and led the data recovery team.
  • Team lead for a programming support team.
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