Erich G. Fronck Jr.
Details
2016 : 2016
B.S.
Animal Science
University of Maryland
1977 : 1981
Mr. Fronck is the Subject Matter Expert for numerous security-related training courses, moderates monthly informational training sessions, and is the lead for the VA’s Security Calendar which lists and tracks all FISMA-related action items. He is also the point of contact and SME for many ESO action items, as well as Plan of Action #11 (POA#11) which addresses a long-standing Material Weakness related to FISMA Access Controls (AC). Because of work completed, POA#11 was recommended to be closed by the VA.
Erich is a GS-15 employee, holds a Secret clearance, and has earned more than 20 industry certifications including CISSP, SSCP, CAP, HCISPP, GSEC, CRISC, and CISM.
2017 : Present
Department of Veterans Affairs
Information Security Director
Mr. Fronck is the Regional Information Security Director (RISD) of the Northeast Region (Region 4) for the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA). Erich is responsible for performing managerial and supervisory functions under the purview of the Field Security Services (FSS) Director. He directs and coordinates the work of six (6) supervisory network level systems information security officers and more than seventy (70) facility level systems information security staff assigned to geographically dispersed VA facilities located from Maine to Washington DC and twelve (12) additional facilities located across the United States. Mr. Fronck is a GS-15 employee, holds a Secret clearance, and has earned more than 20 industry certifications including CISSP, SSCP, CAP, HCISPP, GSEC, CRISC, and CISM. He attended the Federal Executive Institute in April 2016.
2013 : 2017
Department of Veterans Affairs
Regional Information Security Director (RISD)
Mr. Fronck was the Supervisory Network Information Security Officer (NISO) for the Office of Information and Technology Field Office (OI&T FO) and, previously, the National Capital Area (Network 5) Networks for the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA). Erich was responsible for performing managerial and supervisory functions under the purview of Field Security Services (FSS). He directed and coordinated the work of nine (9) facility level systems information security staff assigned to 11 geographically dispersed VA facilities across the United States. Mr. Fronck assured compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) for the thirty-four (34) systems within his area of responsibility (AOR) by providing leadership on remediation activities on associated Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&Ms), analyzing audit findings and recommendations, and ensuring that all Certification and Accreditation (C&A) milestones and actions are completed as required, including the review and update of Information System Contingency Plans (ISCPs), Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs), System Security Plans (SSPs), and Risk Assessments (RAs). Mr. Fronck was a GS-14 employee, held a Top Secret (Q) clearance, and had earned more than 20 industry certifications including SSCP, CAP, and CRISC.
2008 : 2013
Department of Veterans Affairs
Supervisory Network Information Security Officer (NISO)
Mr. Fronck was the Project Manager, Technical Lead, and a Senior Systems Engineer assigned to the ITSS 24x7 Monitoring Center at the Capital Region Data Center (CRDC) for Veteran’s Affairs (VA). His main duties included monitoring, investigating, analyzing, resolving and/or escalating issues for over 400 server and network devices within the VA’s nation-wide network. He also managed a group of 9 System Engineers, performing scheduling, training, performance reviews, and other related duties. Mr. Fronck was also leveraging his skills as Technical Lead to improve monitoring and reporting performance by implementing new and streamlined processes and procedures. He has completed the VA's CSP and (ISC)2 SSCP certifications. Mr. Fronck left Patriot when offered a position with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
2007 : 2008
Patriot Technologies
Sr. Systems Engineer/Manager
Mr. Fronck was a security engineer assigned to work in the SOC (Security Operations Center) at the headquarters of the Department of Energy (DOE). His main duties included investigating, tracking and correlation of IDS alerts from the numerous sensors deployed within the DOE network. He was also involved in web proxy/content filtering, Cisco CSA normalization, and the evaluation of the ArcSight suite of products. Mr. Fronck resigned this position when offered a position with more responsibility, closer to home.
2007 : 2007
EES
Cyber Security Engineer
Skills
Active Directory, Backup Solutions, Business Continuity, CCNA, CISSP, CompTIA Security+, Computer Security, Data Center, Disaster Recovery, DNS, Firewalls, FISMA, Hardware, IDS, Information Assurance, Information Security, Information Technology, Integration, Intrusion Detection, ISS, Linux, McAfee, Microsoft Certified Professional, Network Design, Network Engineering, Networking, Network Security, NIST, Operating Systems, Printers, Program Management, Project Management, Proxy, Routers, Security, Security+, Servers, Software, Software Documentation, Software Installation, Suse, Switches, System Administration, System Deployment, Training, Troubleshooting, VPN, Vulnerability Assessment, Windows Server, Wireless, Microsoft Certified
About
Erich brings over 30 years experience as a computing professional, and has provided extensive customer service as a manager, network engineer, consultant, instructor, security analyst, and ISO. In addition to holding a Secret (MBI) Clearance, he has completed over 20 industry and vendor-specific certifications including Cisco (CCNA), Novell (MCNE, CDE), Microsoft (MCSE, MCP), Check Point (CCSA, CCSE), Nokia (NSA), CompTIA (CTT+, IT Project+, IT Security+), (ISC)2 CISSP, SSCP, CAP, HCISPP, GIAC GSEC, and the ISACA CRISC and CISM.
Erich was a 2009, 2011 (ISC)2 GISLA and 2010, 2015 EPFEA Distinguished Service Award nominee.
Erich was the winner of the 2010 and 2014 (ISC)2 GISLA for Community Awareness.
Specialties: OS: Windows (3.x-W7); Linux (RHE, SuSe); NetWare (2.x-6)
Software: Productivity suites, email, A/V, backup software
Security: McAfee, ISS, Firewalls, Proxies, Event Correlation
Technologies: Wireless, Server and PC hardware, Printers, Routers and Switches, Security Appliances
Other: Resource scheduling and management, Project management, Technical writing and documentation, Troubleshooting, Training
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