Samuel Linares

Samuel Linares

IT & Security Services Director

Gijón Area, Spain

Current
  • M45 Security Team Manager at Cluster TIC Asturias
  • IT & Security Services Director at Grupo Intermark
Past
  • Information Security Manager at Tecnocom
  • Technical Director at AirAstur Internet Services
Education
  • Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
  • ISACA
  • ISACA
  • British Standards Institution
  • ISACA
  • (ISC)2
  • SANS Institute
  • El Escorial – Maria Cristina Royal University Centre
  • British Standards Institution
  • Universidad de Oviedo
Connections
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Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Samuel Linares’s Summary

Samuel Linares is IT & Security Services Director with Grupo Intermark. With +14 years of security, system integration and project management experience. He leads and has created all the security services offered by Grupo Intermark, and before in Tecnocom, one of the top 3 IT companies in Spain, implementing a lot of security solutions in customers, including compliance audits, penetration tests, ethical hacking, firewalls and IPSs deployments or security network designs. He holds various certifications including ISACA CISA, CISM & CGEIT, (ISC)2 CISSP, GIAC Systems and Network Auditor (GSNA), GIAC Assessing Wireless Networks (GAWN), Google Hacking & Defense (SSP-GHD), BSI (British Standards Institution) BS 25999 & BS 7799 Lead Auditor, NetAsq CNE & CNE, Juniper JNCIA-FW, Checkpoint CCSE & CCSA, Sun SCNA & SCSA, among others and is the author of InfoSecMan Blog. Samuel holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the Universidad de Oviedo, is University Specialist in Data Protection by the Colegio Universitario Escorial Maria Cristina and is currently attending UOC for Psychology Grade. He is author of IS2ME Methodology. (You can obtain more information about Samuel in his personal web page: InfoSecMan)


Samuel Linares’s Experience

  • M45 Security Team Manager

    Cluster TIC Asturias

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    October 2008Present (1 year 3 months)

  • IT & Security Services Director

    Grupo Intermark

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    August 2008Present (1 year 5 months)

  • Information Security Manager

    Tecnocom

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; CIB; Telecommunications industry)

    1998August 2008 (10 years )

    Founder, Developer and Manager of the Security Business Line
    IT Security Manager
    Senior Security Consultant
    Senior Internetworking & Internet Services Consultant
    Project Manager for important security projects in clients like Telefonica Moviles, Alcampo (Auchan), Deutsche Bank, ENAGAS, Nortel, Metro of Madrid, Caprabo, ALD Automotive, ONO, Telecable, Telia Iberia, Unisource, University of Leon, Junta Castilla y Leon, UTi Iberia, Cajastur, among others.
    Outsourced Customer Engineering Manager for Jazztel during 2000.
    Leads and has created all the security services offered by Tecnocom, one of the top 3 IT companies in Spain, implementing a lot of security solutions in customers mentioned, including compliance audits, penetration tests, ethical hacking, firewalls and IPSs deployments or security network designs.

  • Technical Director

    AirAstur Internet Services

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    19951998 (3 years )

    Technical Director, IT Manager and R&D Manager
    European Projects Manager: Development of ArchiPELAGO Project with Sasemar (Spain), France Telecom Expertel (France), Enyca (Spain) and Marac Electronics (Greece) (speaker from Spain in Brussels KickOff Meeting)
    InfoWeb Electronic Bulleting Editor and Coordinator (more than 9000 subscribers)
    Led the company to the first places of national ranking of ISPs (sources: PCWorld, Revista Web)
    Author of one of the first electronic commerce projects in Spain between AirAstur and Banesto
    Checkpoint Firewall-1 Administrator since 1995


Samuel Linares’s Education

  • Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

    Psychology , 20092012 (expected)

  • ISACA

    CISM , 20092009

  • ISACA

    CGEIT , 20092009

  • British Standards Institution

    BS 25999 Lead Auditor , 20082008

  • ISACA

    CISA , 20082008

  • (ISC)2

    CISSP , 20072007

  • SANS Institute

    GSNA, GAWN, SSP-GHD , 20052007

  • El Escorial – Maria Cristina Royal University Centre

    University Specialist in Data Protection , 20022003

  • British Standards Institution

    BS 7799 Lead Auditor , 20022002

  • Universidad de Oviedo

    BS , Computer Science


Additional Information

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Samuel Linares’s Groups:

- Member of ISACA
- Member of ISSA
- Member of ISMS Forum
- Member of GIAC SANS Institute Advisory Board
- Vocal of ASIMELEC Security and Awareness Commission

  •    Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP)
  •    ISSA España
  •    BCMIX - Business Continuity Management Information eXchange
  •    Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
  •    GIAC, Global Information Assurance Certification
  •    Information Security Community
  •    GobTIC
  •    Certified Information Systems Auditor
  •    IT SECURITY EXPERT
  •    ISACA Professionals
  •    Security Industry Group
  •    Information Security Network
  •    Security Leaders Group
  •    CISSP CISM CISA
  •    CGEIT Network
  •    UOC community
  •    BS-25999
  •    ISO 27001-SGSI Spanish Group
  •    Interim Management España
  •    ASIMELEC
  •    Security Speaker Group
  •    Foro a+)) auditoría, seguridad y gobernanza IT
  •    ISMS Forum Spain
  •    GTIC Asociación Española de Gestores TIC
  •    Cátedra Buen Gobierno
  •    Equipo de Seguridad M45
  •    Profesionales Privacidad
  •    Todo sobre ISO27001
  •    Grupo Intermark Alumni
  •    Gestión de Valor Inversiones IT
  •    AEDEL
  •    IT Executives Asturias
  •    Todo sobre BS25999
  •    Todo sobre ISO38500
  •    Electronic Security and Emerging Technologies
  •    Gobernanza de TI

Samuel Linares’s Honors:

- CGEIT: Certified in Governance of Enterprise IT
- CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
- CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor
- CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional
- BS 25999 Lead Auditor, BSI (British Standards Institution)
- BS 7799 Lead Auditor, BSI (British Standards Institution)
- GSNA: GIAC Systems and Network Auditor
- GAWN: GIAC Assessing Wireless Networks
- SSP-GHD: Stay Sharp Program Google Hacking and Defense
- SANS Advisory Board Member
- CNE: Certified NetAsq Expert
- CNA: Certified NetAsq Administrator
- JNCIA-FW: Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate Firewalls
- CCSE: Checkpoint Certified System Expert
- CCSA: Checkpoint Certified System Administrator
- SCNA: Sun Certified Network Administrator
- SCSA: Sun Certified System Administrator
- Enterprise Technical Computing Certification, Sun Microsystems
- Workgroup Technical Computing Certification, Sun Microsystems


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