CIRCLES . LIFE
Mohamed Noordin Yussuff Marican , CISO at Circles . Life discusses the company ’ s cybersecurity transformation and the impact of COVID-19
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W hen it comes to cybersecurity , Mohamed Noordin Yusuff Marican , Chief Information Security Officer ( CISO ) at Circles . Life has been hooked on the concept since he was a teenager . “ It wasn ’ t even called cybersecurity back then , it was known as data security , IT security and information security . It wasn ’ t until more recently that the phrase cybersecurity came in ,” reflects Noordin , who adds that “ with internet laws being less stringent back in the 90s ,” he spent his time as a teenager on his first computers fiddling with security tools such as password crackers and backdoor trojans .
“ Knowing that this was the career journey I wanted to take , my career began as a police officer , in the police technology department , in the IT security team . I was responsible for protecting information assets , belonging to the Singapore police force .”
After five years in the police force , Noordin moved to the private sector , working at industry leading companies such as EY , Barclays , Qatar Petroleum , KPMG and NTUC Enterprise , before joining Circles . Life .
FEBRUARY 2021