Stephan van der Merwe
Stephan van der Merwe
Member for 3 years
7 ratings & reviews completed
Average rating:
Reputation: 373
| Title | Head of SecOps |
|---|---|
| Job Type | Manager |
| Department | Information Technology |
| Company | Commsworth Solutions Limited |
| Industry | Computer & Network Security |
| Size | 51-200 employees |
Expertise
| Product | Experience | Level of Expertise |
|---|---|---|
SentinelOne Vigilance | 2 years | Intermediate |
Tenable Security Center | 7 years | Expert |
Tenable Cloud Security | 7 years | Advanced |
SentinelOne Singularity | 6 years | Expert |
Sophos Central Device Encryption | 7 years | Advanced |
Microsoft Power BI | 4 years | Advanced |
Veeam Data Platform | 4 years | Competent |
Tableau Desktop | 2 years | Intermediate |
TeamViewer | 5 years | Proficient |
Qlik Sense | ||
Microsoft BI (MSBI) | 4 years | Proficient |
Jira Service Management | 4 years | Competent |
Qualys TruRisk Platform | 4 years | Competent |
ManageEngine ADAudit Plus | 3 years | Intermediate |
Nmap | 5 years | Proficient |
Darktrace | 5 years | Competent |
Qualys VMDR | 4 years | Competent |
Zscaler Private Access | 3 years | Competent |
Rapid7 InsightVM | 5 years | Proficient |
Zoom Workplace | 5 years | Proficient |
Microsoft Teams | 6 years | Expert |
Google Drive | 9 years | Expert |
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor | 4 years | Competent |
ServiceNow IT Service Management | 3 years | Competent |
CyberArk Workforce Identity | 4 years | Competent |
1Password | 4 years | Competent |
Keeper | ||
JumpCloud | 5 years | Competent |
Metasploit | 6 years | Proficient |
Trend Vision One Email and Collaboration Security | 3 years | Competent |
VMware AppDefense (discontinued) | 4 years | Competent |
IBM Security QRadar SIEM | 3 years | Competent |
Tenable Attack Surface Management | 3 years | Advanced |
Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business | 8 years | Expert |
Carbonite Server | 8 years | Advanced |
Carbonite Endpoint | 6 years | Advanced |
Tenable Identity Exposure | 3 years | Advanced |
Tenable Lumin | 6 years | Advanced |
Tenable OT Security | 3 years | Expert |
Tenable Web App Scanning | 6 years | Advanced |
Sophos Phish Threat | 5 years | Expert |
Sophos SG Firewall Appliances | 8 years | Advanced |
Carbonite Cloud-to-Cloud Backup | 4 years | Proficient |
Carbonite Recover | 5 years | Proficient |
Webroot Endpoint Protection | 5 years | Proficient |
Webroot Security Awareness Training | 9 years | Expert |
Webroot DNS Protection | 9 years | Expert |
Proofpoint Advanced Threat Protection | 3 years | Competent |
Bitwarden | 3 years | Advanced |
RedSeal | 3 years | Proficient |
Microsoft Azure | 3 years | Advanced |
Microsoft Defender XDR | 3 years | Advanced |
Microsoft Entra ID | 2 years | Proficient |
Microsoft 365 Business Premium | 3 years | Advanced |
Microsoft Sentinel | 3 years | Advanced |
Proofpoint Insider Threat Management | 2 years | Competent |
Proofpoint Threat Intelligence Services | 2 years | Competent |
Proofpoint Cloud Account Defense | 2 years | Competent |
Proofpoint Cloud App Security Broker (Proofpoint CASB) | 2 years | Competent |
Proofpoint Data Discover | 2 years | Competent |
Proofpoint Email Data Loss Prevention | 2 years | Competent |
Proofpoint Email Encryption | 2 years | Competent |
Proofpoint Email Protection | 2 years | Competent |
Dynatrace | 2 years | Competent |
FortiNAC | 3 years | Proficient |
FortiAnalyzer | 3 years | Proficient |
FortiAuthenticator | 5 years | Proficient |
FortiClient | 4 years | Proficient |
FortiEDR | 4 years | Proficient |
FortiSIEM | 3 years | Competent |
FortiToken | 3 years | Competent |
Kaspersky EDR Expert | 4 years | Competent |
Kaspersky EDR Optimum | 3 years | Competent |
Kaspersky Threat Management and Defense | 3 years | Competent |
Sophos Intercept X for Server | 6 years | Proficient |
Sophos Managed Detection and Response | 3 years | Competent |
DataSet by SentinelOne | 7 years | Proficient |
Udemy Business | 3 years | Proficient |
BitLocker Drive Encryption | 7 years | Advanced |
Carbonite Migrate | 6 years | Proficient |
Carbonite Safe | 5 years | Proficient |
IBM Storage FlashSystem | 1 year |
Badges
Pundit- Vulnerability Management
Pundit- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Trailblazer- Tenable Attack Surface Management
Pundit- Firewall
Pundit- Endpoint Encryption
Pundit- eLearning Content
Pundit- Managed Security Service
Pundit- Endpoint Security
Ratings and Reviews
| Product | Rating | Rating Date | Review Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webroot Endpoint Protection | Apr 26, 2025 | Read Review | |
| Udemy Business | Apr 22, 2025 | Read Review | |
| Sophos Central Device Encryption | May 23, 2025 | Read Review | |
| Sophos UTM | Jan 13, 2024 | Read Review | |
| Tenable Attack Surface Management | Oct 6, 2023 | Read Review | |
| IBM Security QRadar SIEM | Sep 27, 2023 | Read Review | |
| Tenable Nessus | Oct 16, 2025 | Read Review |