Eric Dietz
Details
Software Engineering
University of St. Thomas
2015 : 2019
Juris Doctor (J.D.)
Tax Law/Business Law/Bankruptcy
Hamline University School of Law
2010 : 2013
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
History and Political Science
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
2005 : 2008
2022 : Present
Securian Financial
Information Security Manager - SOC and Log Management
Managed the security operations center at Securian. Defined the roles and responsibilities of SOC team members, implemented reporting on metrics to improve response times, and defined a process for creating and retiring analytics. Created a security gap analysis process with the red team and built a threat hunting program.
2021 : 2022
Securian Financial
Information Security Manager - SOC
Managed the SIEM and Log Management team at Securian Financial Group, Inc. Defined and improved the data onboarding process. Implemented monitoring on critical data sources and validation for those sources once in the SIEM tool. Migrated the Splunk environment to AWS.
2020 : 2021
Securian Financial
Information Security Manager - SIEM and Log Management
Served as a security analyst on a SOC responsible for vulnerability management, incident detection, containment, and threat intelligence gathering. Wrote reports on the current state of security controls and made recommendations on how to improve the overall security posture of the organization.
2018 : 2020
Securian Financial
Senior Information Security Analyst
Taught appellate advocacy and tax to law students in Mitchell Hamline's hybrid program.
2016 : 2018
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Adjunct Professor
Skills
Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS, Carbon Black, Cloud Computing, Community Outreach, Courts, Criminal Law, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Editing, Incident Response, Information Security, Law, Legal Assistance, Legal Issues, Legal Research, Legal Writing, Litigation, Log Management, Mediation, Network Security, Photoshop, PowerPoint, Public Speaking, Qualys, Research, Security Architecture Design, Security Audits, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Social Media, Splunk, Splunk Enterprise Security, Vulnerability Management, Westlaw
About
I am currently working in the field of cybersecurity with an emphasis on big data, event correlation, and risk management. In the next year, I’m looking to acquire the CISSP.
I received an undergraduate degree in history and political science from the University of Minnesota: Twin Cities in 2008. I then served as a math and reading tutor in the City of Lakes Americorps program and developed an interest in social justice and the law.
I received my law degree at Hamline University in 2013. I started by focusing on juvenile and criminal law. However, I quickly developed an interest in tax, business, contract, and bankruptcy law. During school, I worked as a criminal law clerk, tax law clerk, and as an intern for a Minnesota Appellate Court Judge. I also wrote the Tax Notes Section for the Minnesota Bench and Bar Magazine, as well as wrote for the Hamline Law Review.
Following law school, I served as a law clerk for a federal bankruptcy judge. In that position, I learned to navigate the federal court system, communicate with attorneys, and write legal motions and memorandum. I also helped produce educational materials for legal education events and wrote entries for legal reference books. Finally, I had an academic article published in the Hamline Law Review.
After completing my time with the court, I saw an opportunity to use the research and management skills I had acquired in law in the technology field. I began a master’s program in software engineering and started work as a systems manager. During that time, I branched into security, was promoted to a cybersecurity role, and completed my master’s degree.
As a cybersecurity analyst, I used my legal experience to better understand a manage risk, performing assessments of vulnerability management and SIEM solutions. I have also spent a great deal of time working to transition on-premise security practices to the cloud environment.
After a period of focusing on monitoring and alerting, I was promoted to the manager of my company's SIEM and Log Management team. In that role I focused on empowering people and enabling them to make decisions that were best for our team. I also prioritized improving the reliability of our log-delivery infrastructure to ensure the company's security controls remained functional.
After a year managing a the SIEM and Log Management team, I moved to managing a security operations center. In this role, I took a wholistic look at the work the team was doing and prioritized improving its core functions.
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