Korben Kirscht
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Cyber Security & Information Assurance
Western Governors University
2019
Bachelor of Science - BS
Cybersecurity & Information Assurance
Western Governors University
2018
Bachelor of Science - BS
Management Information Systems and Services
Western Governors University
2017
Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS)
Small Business Administration/Management
Rancho Santiago College
2006
A.S.
Computer Science
Lake City Community College
1982 : 1984
❏ I worked with various development and project teams to design the most efficient and secure cloud environments. The deployments were mostly in Azure, a few in Oracle and AWS clouds.
❏ I evangelized for better instrumentation that resulted in better visibility into applications running in serverless and container environments.
❏ I evangelized and taught other architects advanced Threat Modeling that ensures better coverage.
❏ I introduced the use of Confluence to better collaborate with the project and development teams with the development and review of the Enterprise Software Design documents.
❏ I provide input regarding updates to the Information Security policies and standards.
2019 : Present
FATCO First American Trust
Senior Information Security Architect, Cloud Security
❏ I evangelize Cybersecurity technologies and concepts to students who are
expanding their knowledge of Cybersecurity, doing a career change, or
completely new to the technology field. By the end of my 24-week session, I
can take anyone and make them successful security professionals.
❏ In addition to the prepared course material, I include many of my own materials
for those students who want to go deep. That includes teaching them how to
detect obscure attacks, hacking wireless, hacking code, and more.
❏ I go the extra mile for my students by running Security+, CEH, CCSP, and
CISSP.study sessions and webinars on other advanced security technologies
outside of the class and even after their graduation to help ensure their
success and to keep them motivated.
❏ The topics and technologies that I cover are too much for a resume, see this
website for more information. https : //bootcamp.ce.uci.edu/cybersecurity/
Topics Covered
Networking
- Packet Analysis
- Wireshark
Systems
- Windows and Linux Systems Administration
- Windows and Linux Systems Hardening
Cybersecurity
- Secure Network Design and Architecture
- Risk Management
- Cryptography
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Identity and Access Management
- Cloud Security
Ethical Hacking and Penetration
- Kali Linux
- Metasploit
- Hashcat
- Burp Suite
- Web Vulerability Scanning
Cybersecurity Careers
- Digital Forensics Methods
- Penetration Testing
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Security Operations and Analytics
Programming and Scripting
- Bash Scripting
- Python Scripting
2020 :
UC Irvine
Adjunct Instructor at University of California Irvine - Cybersecurity Bootcamp
Formerly known as Skynet Consulting Services.
These are just a few highlights of the projects completed.
- CI/CD automation using Jenkins, Terraform, and Ansible
- CI/CD automation using Gitlab/CI Circle/CI
- Automation of Docker & Kubernetes deployments (KOPS, EKS, AKS)
- Automated container security using Twistlock and Qualys Scanner
- AWS Cloud infrastructure and design
- Cloud security architecture
- Automated generation of PCI audit reports.
- Development and implementation of automated guardrails to enforce and report on compliance.
- Vulnerability scanning, reporting, and remediation.
- Various security and DevOps/DevSecOps presentations as user groups
1997 :
Kirscht Consulting Group
Cybersecurity, DevOps, & DevSecOps Consultant
Inland Empire meetup group where I and other presenters share technologies related to DevOps and DevSecOps. I also volunteer and present at OWASP and ISSA.
2015 :
Inland Empire DevSecOps Meetup
Founder and Presenter
2018 :
X-IT Homeowner's Association
Treasurer
Skills
AIX, CCNA, Cisco Technologies, Cloud Computing, Cluster, Data Center, Disaster Recovery, DNS, EMC Storage, Firewalls, Hardware, HP-UX, Integration, ITIL, Nagios, NAS, NetApp, Netbackup, Network Administration, Network Design, Networking, Network Security, OpenStack, Operating Systems, Oracle, Perl, Puppet, Python, Red Hat Linux, Redhat Linux, Replication, Routers, SAN, Security, Servers, Solaris, Storage, Storage Area Networks, Switches, System Administration, System Deployment, TCP/IP, Troubleshooting, Unix, Vendor Management, Virtualization, VMware, VMware ESX, VPN, Windows Server
About
I am a DevSecOps evangelist and instructor who enjoys consulting with various organizations for implementing and maintaining secure & efficient environments. I love sharing the knowledge and expertise that I've gained over the years by teaching and mentoring others, so they gain even better knowledge and expertise in doing the same.
I take pride when environments for which I'm responsible are running efficiently and securely. Also, I have great pride in my students when I see them succeed in the industry.