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Chris Witthans, CISSP
Director of Information Security, Identity & Access Management
Sacramento, CA, United States
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Education:
Business
Organizational Management
California State University, Chico
2002 : 2007
Organizational Management
California State University, Chico
2002 : 2007
Experience:
2022 : Present
California State University, Chico
Information Security Officer
2020 : 2022
California State University-Sacramento
Information Security Risk Analyst
While serving as CMS PeopleSoft Student Administration security technical lead, provide on-going technical and analytical support for the development of security roles, security administration, and testing of PeopleSoft Student Administration modules. Provide analytical and upgrade support of PeopleSoft single sign-on. Routinely perform risk assessments and technical system audits to determining security gaps while identifying protections against risks. Act as a lead incident responder to campus security incidents and investigations. Project lead for PeopleSoft Security projects in close collaboration with technical and non-technical campus support staff. Lead incident responder to campus information security events and investigations.
2016 : 2020
California State University, Chico
Technical Security Analyst for PeopleSoft
Research, develop, implement, and maintain security measures ensuring the safeguard of campus systems and confidential data. Supervised three ISEC student staff assigned to maintain a wide range of mission critical operational tasks. Provided guidance and oversight for the campus’s vulnerability management program. Developed comprehensive risk assessments and metrics for campus servers, web applications, and high-risk workstations. Contributed to the development, implementation, and maintenance of security standards, practices, and procedures. Maintained lead role in the deployment and on-going operational support of Identity Finder to campus faculty and staff. Regularly contributed to a monthly campus new hire security awareness program.
2014 : 2016
California State University, Chico
Information Security Analyst
Oversee technical support service to approximately 200 workstations and 12 departmental servers. Periodically conduct workshops designed to train employees of internally used software applications. Security Administrator and Technical resource for an Enterprise document imaging application ImageNow!, designed for digital archival of records and documents, and provide for easy retrieval for authorized staff members.
2007 : 2014
CSU, Chico
Technical Support Coordinator
California State University, Chico
Information Security Officer
2020 : 2022
California State University-Sacramento
Information Security Risk Analyst
While serving as CMS PeopleSoft Student Administration security technical lead, provide on-going technical and analytical support for the development of security roles, security administration, and testing of PeopleSoft Student Administration modules. Provide analytical and upgrade support of PeopleSoft single sign-on. Routinely perform risk assessments and technical system audits to determining security gaps while identifying protections against risks. Act as a lead incident responder to campus security incidents and investigations. Project lead for PeopleSoft Security projects in close collaboration with technical and non-technical campus support staff. Lead incident responder to campus information security events and investigations.
2016 : 2020
California State University, Chico
Technical Security Analyst for PeopleSoft
Research, develop, implement, and maintain security measures ensuring the safeguard of campus systems and confidential data. Supervised three ISEC student staff assigned to maintain a wide range of mission critical operational tasks. Provided guidance and oversight for the campus’s vulnerability management program. Developed comprehensive risk assessments and metrics for campus servers, web applications, and high-risk workstations. Contributed to the development, implementation, and maintenance of security standards, practices, and procedures. Maintained lead role in the deployment and on-going operational support of Identity Finder to campus faculty and staff. Regularly contributed to a monthly campus new hire security awareness program.
2014 : 2016
California State University, Chico
Information Security Analyst
Oversee technical support service to approximately 200 workstations and 12 departmental servers. Periodically conduct workshops designed to train employees of internally used software applications. Security Administrator and Technical resource for an Enterprise document imaging application ImageNow!, designed for digital archival of records and documents, and provide for easy retrieval for authorized staff members.
2007 : 2014
CSU, Chico
Technical Support Coordinator
Company:
California State University, Chico
Years of Experience:
17
Skills
Active Directory, Computer Hardware, Databases, DNS, Group Policy, ITIL v3 Foundations Certified, Linux, Microsoft SQL Server, Network Security, Operating Systems, OS X, Servers, Sharepoint, SQL, System Administration, Technical Support, Windows, Windows Server
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