Summary
Mahamadou Kante is a seasoned IT security and network specialist with over a decade of hands-on experience securing and maintaining complex UN and NGO environments across Mali. He combines Cisco ENCOR/SCOR and Check Point CCSA/CCSE certifications with deep Windows Server, virtualization and disaster recovery expertise to keep mission-critical services highly available. At MINUSMA and UNOPS he implemented and hardened clustered firewall architectures, managed TACACS/ISE access controls, and supported VoIP and SAN backup ecosystems under strict operational SLAs. Currently a CISSP candidate, he blends proactive threat analysis and incident response with practical fieldwork—often troubleshooting live connectivity and security incidents on the first visit. Based in Bamako, he brings a rare mix of operational resilience, cross-vendor tooling fluency, and a focus on behavioral information security that informs pragmatic, user-aware defenses.
10 years of coding experience
Engineer's degree, Infrastructure Systèmes de Réseaux et Télécommunications, Ingénieurs Systèmes de Réseaux et Télécommunications (équivalent d’un Master 2), Engineer's degree, Infrastructure Systèmes de Réseaux et Télécommunications, Ingénieurs Systèmes de Réseaux et Télécommunications (équivalent d’un Master 2) at HETEC de Bamako