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Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.Cyber Security Manager - Mission Technologies
Sep. 2023Fallon, Nevada, United StatesOversee and manage multiple daily activities of cyber team in support of DoD stakeholders to lead efforts in cyber operations, cyber security, assessment and authorizations, compliance, and mission assurance. Leadership & Management
- Supervision and management of cyberops personnel
- Direct communication with leadership
- Mentorship to subordinates
- Briefs to DoD stakeholders
- Develop, evaluate, and maintain processes for compliance and efficiency
- Provide input for direction to leadership
- Provide direction for training to all Cyber Ops
- Report OpSec information to leadership
- Communicate outages, upcoming maintenance, security events and items, and other issues to user base.
- Lifecycle support of DoD Assessments & Authorizations Process/RMF
- Coordination of security measures and analysis
- Continuous Monitoring and Risk Scoring (CMRS) Administration Cyber Ops
- Provide technical and security related direction to Cyber Ops personnel
- Consult with internal department managers and leads for deconfliction efforts
- Maintain knowledge and advancements within industry and emerging trends
- DoD assessments and authorizations
- Network Security Audit oversight Cyber Security
- Oversee compliance reporting
- Oversee vulnerability management process
- Information System Security
- Vulnerability Assessments and direction to mitigations
- Risk Analysis
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.Cyber Security Manager
Sep. 2023Fallon, Nevada, United StatesOversee and manage multiple daily activities of cyber team in support of DoD stakeholders to lead efforts in cyber operations, cyber security, assessment and authorizations, compliance, and mission assurance. Leadership & Management - Supervision and management of cyberops personnel - Direct communication with leadership - Mentorship to subordinates - Briefs to DoD stakeholders - Develop, evaluate, and maintain processes for compliance and efficiency - Provide input for direction to leadership - Provide direction for training to all Cyber Ops - Report OpSec information to leadership - Communicate outages, upcoming maintenance, security events and items, and other issues to user base. - Lifecycle support of DoD Assessments & Authorizations Process/RMF - Coordination of security measures and analysis - Continuous Monitoring and Risk Scoring (CMRS) Administration Cyber Ops - Provide technical and security related direction to Cyber Ops personnel - Consult with internal department managers and leads for deconfliction efforts - Maintain knowledge and advancements within industry and emerging trends - DoD assessments and authorizations - Network Security Audit oversight Cyber Security - Oversee compliance reporting - Oversee vulnerability management process - Information System Security - Vulnerability Assessments and direction to mitigations - Risk Analysis
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.Acting NW Cyber Manager
Dec. 2022 - Sep. 2023Fallon, Nevada, United StatesOversee and manage multiple daily activities of cyber team in support of DoD stakeholders to lead efforts in cyber operations, cyber security, assessment and authorizations, compliance, and mission assurance. Leadership & Management
- Supervision and management of cyberops personnel
- Direct communication with leadership
- Mentorship to subordinates
- Briefs to DoD stakeholders
- Develop, evaluate, and maintain processes for compliance and efficiency
- Provide input for direction to leadership
- Provide direction for training to all Cyber Ops
- Report OpSec information to leadership
- Communicate outages, upcoming maintenance, security events and items, and other issues to user base.
- Lifecycle support of DoD Assessments & Authorizations Process/RMF
- Coordination of security measures and analysis
- Continuous Monitoring and Risk Scoring (CMRS) Administration Cyber Ops
- Provide technical and security related direction to Cyber Ops personnel
- Consult with internal department managers and leads for deconfliction efforts
- Maintain knowledge and advancements within industry and emerging trends
- DoD assessments and authorizations
- Network Security Audit oversight Cyber Security
- Oversee compliance reporting
- Oversee vulnerability management process
- Information System Security
- Vulnerability Assessments and direction to mitigations
- Risk Analysis
HIIActing NW Cyber Manager
Dec. 2022 - Sep. 2023Fallon, Nevada, United StatesOversee and manage multiple daily activities of cyber team in support of DoD stakeholders to lead efforts in cyber operations, cyber security, assessment and authorizations, compliance, and mission assurance. Leadership & Management - Supervision and management of cyberops personnel - Direct communication with leadership - Mentorship to subordinates - Briefs to DoD stakeholders - Develop, evaluate, and maintain processes for compliance and efficiency - Provide input for direction to leadership - Provide direction for training to all Cyber Ops - Report OpSec information to leadership - Communicate outages, upcoming maintenance, security events and items, and other issues to user base. - Lifecycle support of DoD Assessments & Authorizations Process/RMF - Coordination of security measures and analysis - Continuous Monitoring and Risk Scoring (CMRS) Administration Cyber Ops - Provide technical and security related direction to Cyber Ops personnel - Consult with internal department managers and leads for deconfliction efforts - Maintain knowledge and advancements within industry and emerging trends - DoD assessments and authorizations - Network Security Audit oversight Cyber Security - Oversee compliance reporting - Oversee vulnerability management process - Information System Security - Vulnerability Assessments and direction to mitigations - Risk Analysis
State of NevadaCyber Defense Coordination Analyst
Apr. 2022 - Oct. 2022United States• Coordinated cyber security and information security to agencies, departments, and entities across the State of Nevada concerning technical issues, cyber intelligence, cyber incidents, attacks, and other cyber-related activities to support the mission and vision of the Office of Cyber Defense Coordination.
• Advised on technical input into cyber security initiatives at the functional, project, or program level ensuring requirements are addressed and initiatives securely implemented and monitored. • Designed, established, and executed cyber security initiatives and programs to support requirements set forth by the Director of Public Safety.
• Fielded technical explanations, interpretations, and recommendations to the Division Administrator and authorized entities within the State of Nevada.
• Partnered with Nevada Governor’s Office of Energy and NUARI to help implement cyber exercises concerning the energy sector yielding an initial cyber incident response exercise for the Office of Energy.
• Initiated cyber awareness training for small businesses through the Nevada Small Business Development Center for nearly 1,000 small businesses throughout Nevada.
Carson City School DistrictCybersecurity Analyst and Network Security Administrator
Jan. 2018 - Apr. 2022Carson City, Nevada• Modernized district’s cyber security posture by utilizing NIST CSF and following NIST SP 800-53 and CIS Controls bringing cyber security capabilities to a Defined 3.0 from a Repeatable 2.0.
• Initiated audits of processes and procedures to ensure compliance with policies which yielded the removal of outdated processes and improved procedures.
• Facilitated audits of infrastructure and processes to ensure adequate risk-assessed controls are implemented and enforced which align with security policies and provided outcome reports to IT Director with recommendations.
• Initiated and facilitated assessments and audits of IT assets to achieve a risk profile
• Implemented vulnerability management solution generating insights into vulnerabilities and providing IT Director with recommendations of controls that align with the organization’s risk profile.
• Analyzed supply-chain risks to avoid downstream liability and provide recommendations to the IT Director. • Coordinated and established an iterative cyber security incident response plan with tabletop and walkthrough scenarios which helped to improve incident metrics and accelerated the mean-time-to-resolve (MTTR) to 68 minutes in a total loss scenario. • Increased the cyber security posture by implementing and monitoring Elastic SIEM and tailoring for a reduction in alert fatigue.
• Managed alerts for additional security tools such as Microsoft ATP, Checkpoint Quantum, Checkpoint Infinity to monitor ZTF environment, Avanan Cloud Email Security and DLP, CrowdStrike Falcon, and Red Canary Managed Detection and Response to identify, investigate and remediate cyber-related incidents and attacks. • Organized district-wide security awareness training with KnowBe4 and served as the head cyber champion to 18 district cyber champions which evaluated a 4% failure rate compared to a 12% relevant industry failure rate with reports provided to IT Director on challenges and recommendations.
Nugget Casino ResortIT Compliance, Cybersecurity Analyst, Network Operations Admin
Nov. 2014 - Jan. 2018Sparks, NV• Facilitated extensive audits to ensure the casino complies with NGCB regulations and hospitality complies with PCI-DSS, resulting in a compliant status with each respective regulatory body.
• Developed and enforced a requirement for documentation of critical gaming and operational systems which became an approved policy by senior management.
• Developed disaster recovery procedures for critical gaming and operational systems, providing the IT department with a nexus of all system information and procedures of failure.
• Facilitated vulnerability management and mitigation based on organizational requirements and provided due care and due diligence to required regulatory bodies. • Initiated audits of administrative, operational, IT, and gaming systems to identify baselines and relevant deviations, and provided a report with recommendations to the IT director for a mitigation strategy. • Monitored two separate networks, operational and gaming, for hindrances in performance and anomalies.
• Initiated cyber security awareness training for all current staff and new employee onboarding.
MitelNetwork/Security Operations Analyst - SOC/NOC
Jul. 2010 - Aug. 2014Reno, Nevada Area• Monitored performance on customer-leased network connections and escalated performance issues so service level agreements were not impacted.
• Screened malicious IPs and initiated immediate remote configurations on customer-leased equipment to mitigate risks and provide high availability.
• Provided technical reports to NOC/SOC lead identifying issues in performance and anomalies.
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