Christopher N.
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Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance
Western Governors University
2013 : 2015
B.S.
Information Technology - Security
Western Governors University
2006 : 2010
2023 : Present
Federal Goverment
Manager, Advanced Threat Analysis Team
2016 :
University of Maryland University College
Adjunct Faculty - Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics
2017 :
University of Arkansas Grantham
Adjunct Faculty - Cybersecurity
Advanced and Emerging Threat Intelligence/Analysis
* Provide senior-level cyber threat intelligence analysis for the Emerging Threats Team
* Provide expert analytic investigative support of complex security incidents.
* Perform analysis of security incidents for further enhancement of alert catalog
* Review alerts for false positives and provide signature tuning to reduce noise
* Provide forensic analysis of network packet captures, DNS, proxy, Netflow, malware, host-based security and application logs, as well as logs from various types of security sensors
Incident Response and Security Operations
Serve as the operational team leader to perform all procedures necessary to ensure the safety of information systems assets and to protect systems from intentional, external, or inadvertent access and destruction.
* Lead daily operations for a 24x7x365 SOC/CSIRC at 2 locations.
* Coordinate with other government agencies to investigate, report, and record incidents, intrusions and compromises to their network infrastructure, applications, and operating systems.
* Provide oversight and analysis of escalated incidents from the SOC.
* Provide emerging threat briefs and “deep-dive” explanations of known threats.
* Recognizes potential, successful, and unsuccessful intrusion attempts and compromises through reviews and analysis of relevant event detail and summary information.
* Evaluate system exclusion and change requests and assess organizational risk.
* Review incident reports to evaluate analyst's methodology and conclusions.
* Identify trends/patterns in data by coordinating user and analyst reports, analyzing large, disparate data sets, and investigating data or pattern outliers.
* Coordinate with criminal and internal law enforcement agencies to identify, gather, and interpret data related to fraud or other cybercrime
2017 : 2023
General Dynamics Information Technology
Senior Principal Analyst, Information Security
Recruited as a subject matter expert in cybersecurity and forensic, working under contract to the Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy (DCITA), a division the Defense Cyber Crime Center.
Develop and deliver instruction and hands-on exercises in the following disciplines :
* Computer Incident Response
* Forensic Concepts and Digital Media Collection
* Intrusion Forensics in Windows Environments
* Windows Environment Forensic Examinations
* Linux administration
* Develop and deliver supplemental training materials including video cybercasts, tutorials, whitepapers, and emerging threat briefs.
2016 : 2019
CSRA Inc
Instructor/SME for Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics
Skills
Amazon Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), APT, CISSP, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing IaaS, Computer Forensics, Computer Security, Cybercrime Investigation, Cyber Threat Hunting (CTH), Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), Data Center, Disaster Recovery, Enterprise Software, Ethical Hacker, Incident Investigation, Incident Response, Information Security, Information Security Management, Information Technology, Internal Investigations, ITIL v3 Foundations Certified, IT Management, IT Operations, IT Strategy, Leadership, Linux, Management, Network Administration, Networking, Network Security, PCI DSS, Penetration Testing, Rackspace Cloud, Security, Software Development, Strategy, Technology Management, Training, Vulnerability Assessment
About
Information security subject matter expert with more than 20 years of experience in building and managing all facets of information and system security. I have been responsible for architecting, securing, and managing complex IT systems and infrastructure and I have been a key member of executive and c-level teams. I have a contagious passion for the information security space, particularly for threat intelligence, incident response and digital forensics.
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