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Jonathan Saint-LégerJS

Jonathan Saint-Léger

Cybersecurity Advisor | Resilience & DFIR

€1,032/day
Dubai City, AE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Jonathan

I’m a cybersecurity professional with 15+ years of experience, including roles as Security Officer and Group-wide CERT Technical Lead at AXA, and SOC Manager at Airbus Defence & Space. I support organisations in improving their cyber resilience, incident response, and governance maturity.

At AXA, I led global CERT coordination across the group and later served as Security Officer, guiding 10 product teams (covering 140,000+ users) in compliance, remediation, and security adoption.

At Airbus, I built and operated national SOC services, managed complex incident response cases, and supported architecture and cryptographic systems within defence programmes.

Core capabilities:
  • Cyber resilience and incident response readiness
  • Security governance frameworks and compliance alignment
  • Risk-based security prioritisation and remediation support
  • Digital forensics and crisis-level incident response — investigations, coordination, and root cause analysisCyber resilience & incident response readiness
  • Secure architecture for cloud and hybrid environments (AWS, SOC/SIEM integration)
Certified GIAC Security Expert (GSE) — among fewer than 400 worldwide — with additional credentials in DFIR and cloud security.

Based in Dubai, available for freelance or contract-based roles, remote or across the GCC.
Languages: French (native), English (C1), Italian (B1).

Let’s connect if you’re looking for senior cybersecurity expertise with both strategic insight and hands-on delivery.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Italian

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Dubai City (up to 50km), Abu Dhabi (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Independent
    Cybersecurity Advisor
    February 2025 - Today (1 year and 4 months)
    Dubai - United Arab Emirates
    Supporting clients across EMEA on cybersecurity strategy, resilience, and incident response.

    Selected Engagement – Global Energy Group | Group-wide Incident Response Advisor
    • Led high-severity incident investigations and digital forensics across business-critical environments
    • Coordinated internal and external stakeholders during major incidents and third-party compromise scenarios
    • Advised on tooling, process gaps, and strategic improvements for response and cybersecurity workflows
    Risk Management GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) Cloud Security Consulting Incident Response
  • AXA
    Security Officer
    October 2023 - January 2025 (1 year and 3 months)
    Paris, France
    • Influenced stakeholders in shaping group-level security governance and measures
    • Guided 10 global product teams (serving 140k+ end users) in adoption of standards, risk remediation and group compliance
    • Coordinated remediation of risk assessment and penetration test findings across teams
    GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) Risk Management Information Security Management Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Consulting
  • AXA
    AXA CERT – Global Incident Response and Technical Lead
    July 2017 - September 2023 (6 years and 2 months)
    Paris, France
    • Delivered weekly security incident briefings to 100+ CISOs and senior executives
    • Owned the group-wide incident response process, including playbooks, onboarding and training, and drove adoption across AXA entities to improve consistency and maturity
    • Managed the global incident ticketing platform (used by 500+ responders and CISOs), overseeing roadmap, architecture, and training
    • Coordinated global incident response and digital forensics across AXA Group with crisis management and entity security teams
    • Developed dashboards and reporting to improve oversight, governance and risk visibility

    Initially joined as a team member, appointed Technical Lead in 2019
    Incident Response Cybersecurity Incident Management Forensics Presentation Management transversal

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Education

  • Master
    National School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics of Grenoble
    2010
  • Master
    University of Florida
    2009
    Study Semester

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