Benny Monoa

Benny Monoa has a diverse work experience in the field of security engineering. Benny started their career at Chameleon Secure Solutions as a SOC engineer from July 2008 to February 2011. Benny then worked at Internet Solutions as a Network Security Support from March 2011 to July 2014. Following that, they joined Business Connexion as a Senior Network Engineer from August 2014 to August 2016. Benny then joined Datacentrix as a Perimeter Security Engineer from September 2016 to September 2018. After that, they worked at Absa Group as a Senior Security Engineer from October 2018 to May 2019. Currently, Benny is working at BCX as a Principal Security Engineer, starting from June 2019. Throughout their career, they have been responsible for various security-related tasks such as audit finding remediation, designing and implementing security standards, and providing client support.

Benny Monoa's education history includes the following:

- In 2002, Benny obtained a Matric Certificate from Khwinana Secondary School.

- In 2005-2006, Benny attended Rosebank College and obtained a Certificate in Computer Engineering with a focus on Information Technology.

- In 2008, Benny participated in an NQF 5 System Support Internship program related to Information Technology.

In addition to formal education, Benny has obtained various certifications in the field of Information Technology, including:

- NSE7 SDWAN from Fortinet (year not specified)

- CompTIA Security+ from CompTIA (year not specified)

- SD-WAN 6.2 Self-Paced from Fortinet (year not specified)

- CNSS Certified Network Security Specialist from ICSI (International CyberSecurity Institute), UK (year not specified)

- NSE6 FortiAuthenticator Self-Paced from Fortinet (year not specified)

- Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) from Palo Alto Networks (obtained in May 2020)

- AWS Well-Architected from Amazon Web Services (AWS) (year not specified)

- NSE 7 from Fortinet (obtained in January 2020)

- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) from EC-Council (obtained in August 2019)

- PSE: PaloAlto System Engineer Foundation Exam 7.0 from Palo Alto Networks (year not specified)

- ACE Certificate: Accredited Configuration Engineer PAN-OS 8.0 from Palo Alto Networks (year not specified)

- NSE4 from Fortinet (year not specified)

- FCNSP (Fortinet Certified Network Security Professional) from Fortinet (obtained in September 2013)

- FCNSA (Fortinet Certified Network Security Administrator) from Fortinet (obtained in November 2012)

- CCNA Security from Cisco (obtained in August 2010)

- CCNP Security (CCNP-S) from Cisco (obtained in August 2010)

- IBM Certified Advisor Internet Security System Technical from IBM (year not specified)

- CCNA 640-802 Cisco Certified Network Associate from Cisco (obtained in August 2009)

- Cisco Certified Specialist - Security Core from Cisco (obtained in November 2020)