INGO ADVISORYIndependent Security Intelligence & Risk Analysis

Mowlid Ali

Security operations and risk analyst — Africa and the Horn of Africa

mowlid@ingoadvisory.comwww.ingoadvisory.comAfrica · Horn of Africa · East Africa · Somalia

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Profile

Security practitioner with more than twenty years in security supervision, duty management and physical risk assessment, now working in global security operations (GSOC). Publishes independent, open-source security research and risk analysis on Africa, with the deepest coverage across Somalia, the Horn of Africa and East Africa.

Roles sought

  • Security Operations Centre (SOC / GSOC) Analyst
  • Security Intelligence / Threat Intelligence Analyst
  • Security Risk Analyst
  • Incident Monitoring & Response Analyst
  • Travel Security / Threat Monitoring Analyst
  • Security Risk Coordinator
  • Security Adviser (junior–mid)
  • Operational Risk / Crisis Management Analyst
  • Business Continuity & Resilience Analyst

Experience

Global security operations (GSOC)

Current

Monitoring, assessing and reporting on incidents and threats affecting people, sites and travel across multiple countries, working to defined escalation and communication procedures.

  • Continuous incident monitoring against open-source and internal reporting
  • Threat and impact assessment for people, sites and journeys
  • Alerting, escalation and written situation reporting for decision-makers
  • Case logging, handover discipline and post-incident review input

Security supervision and duty management

20+ years

Supervisory and duty-management responsibility for security operations: shift leadership, control-room and site coordination, incident handling, access control and reporting.

  • Shift and team supervision, briefings, tasking and handover
  • First-line incident response, containment and escalation
  • Access control, patrolling and site security procedures
  • Incident recording, quality of reporting and lessons learned

Physical risk assessment

20+ years

Structured assessment of sites, movements and activities: identifying threats, testing vulnerability, judging likelihood and impact, and recommending proportionate controls.

  • Site and premises security surveys
  • Journey and route risk assessment with movement controls
  • Risk registers with likelihood, impact, controls and residual risk
  • Practical mitigation and control recommendations for managers

Skills

Monitoring and intelligence

  • Open-source collection and verification
  • Source reliability grading and confidence language
  • Indicator and early-warning monitoring
  • Incident triage and pattern analysis

Risk assessment

  • Threat, vulnerability, likelihood and impact analysis
  • 5×5 risk matrices and risk registers
  • Country, city and route-level assessment
  • Control design and residual-risk judgement

Operations and response

  • Escalation thresholds and action cards
  • First-hour incident response coordination
  • Journey management and movement authorisation
  • Crisis structures, continuity and review

Reporting

  • Written assessments for operational and leadership audiences
  • Situation reports, alerts and briefings
  • Duty-of-care documentation
  • Clear separation of confirmed, reported, assessed and scenario statements

Published evidence

Written and analytical work published on www.ingoadvisory.com and open to inspection.

Details available on request

  • Employer names, locations and dates for each role
  • Qualifications, courses and certifications
  • Languages and levels
  • Referees, on request