Kurtis Ashton
Details
• Developed and utilized SIEM solutions for incident response and threat mitigations
• Integrated Data Loss Prevention solutions to secure the export of sensitive data
• Participated in vendor risk assessments for annual systems and organization controls reporting
• Provided monthly phishing assessments, monthly user education, and analytics reports
• Translated technical compliance requirements to administrative staff in business meetings
2022 : Present
General Electric Credit Union
Information Security Analyst
• Applied local, state, and federal compliance audits to smaller and mid-size organizations
• Assembled a Discord server with open-source resources that provide more affordable education
• Mentored students seeking an Information Security career path
• Wrote educational tidbit blogs for public reference of the Information Security industry
2022 :
Ethical Hackers, LLC.
Information Security Consultant
• Accounted for organizational assets in quarterly auditing reports
• Created an internal Q&A knowledgebase webpage for expedited employee service
• Instructed cybersecurity-focused students on the techniques to pursue technical career paths
• Maintained least privileged access with role-based access control administration
• Managed organizational assets in semi-annual data custodial reports
2021 : 2022
Cincinnati Job Corps Center
Systems Administrator
• Assessed compliance for medical practices, law firms, retail stores, and industrial businesses
• Conducted the organizational education program for business and residential clients
• Performed penetration tests for smaller businesses as part of federal and state audits
• Secured intrusion detection and prevention systems for internal and external systems
2018 : 2021
Midwest PROTECH, LLC
Technical Consultant
• Assisted customers with business and residential network troubleshooting
• Monitored a regional output system for national network outages
• Processed customer invoices for monthly payments and new subscriptions
• Transferred numbers between providers to customer voice-over-internet-protocol phone systems
2017 : 2018
Charter Communications
Tier 3 IT Technician
About
Kurtis Ashton is currently an Information Security Analyst with over five years of combined professional experience in business continuity, compliance, information security assessments, disaster recovery, incident response, risk management, and technical troubleshooting.
Actively volunteering at Ivy Tech Community College, he participates in the Ivy Tech Community College Lawrenceburg Tech Club and Phi Theta Kappa (Beta Gamma Tau Chapter) honor society, focusing on the technological development of the Ivy Tech infrastructure and student knowledge.
As a motivating professional providing qualitative and quantitative business success, he enhances professional opportunities by going the extra mile to ensure education and operations for tomorrow.
The top strengths of Gary Kurtis Ashton include the following:
1. Adaptability
2. Attendance
3. Dependability
4. Perseverance
5. Strategic
6. Team-Oriented
7. Time management
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