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Thomas Moore, CISSP, PMP
Information Security Analyst Lead
San Antonio, TX, United States
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Experience:
• Identifies and manages existing and emerging risks that stem from business activities and the job role
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, and controlled
• Follows written risk and compliance policies and procedures for business activities
• Influences and leads efforts across the Information Security department and enterprise as a subject matter expert in their domain
• Prepares and delivers written and verbal briefs with recommendations to senior leadership and external parties on latest threats, alerts, incidents, and improvements
• Drives and directs quality work efforts as the primary resource for cross-functional team members on escalated issues of a unique nature
• Maintains expert level knowledge of USAA Information Security standards as well as industry information security best practices, frameworks, laws, and regulations
• Possesses expert level of business acumen in the areas of business operations, risk management, industry practices and emerging trends
• Performs security reviews to identify gaps, resulting in recommendations for inclusion in risk mitigation strategies
2022 : Present
United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
Information Security Analyst Lead
• Provides accurate analysis and evaluation of student responses to assessment tasks ensuring a secure and reliable determination of competencies for undergraduate and graduate programs
• Applies University, department, and team policies and procedures in scoring work and crafting helpful, robust, and personalized feedback to support students in developing competency and progressing with their degree programs
• Works individually and collectively, as part of a content-specific team, to meet individual, team, and department objectives to be accurate, fair, helpful, and quick
• Works remotely effectively while reporting worktime timely and accurately
• Self-manages, takes initiative, and acts independently completing performance assessment evaluations in-line with policies and university’s commitment to students
• Applies own subject matter expertise and experience utilizing a rubric created by program and assessment development faculty, the Evaluation Department, and team policies and procedures
• Evaluates Emerging Technology assignments using students’ research to stay abreast of emerging technologies that can be utilized to improve an organization’s network security
• Evaluates Management for IT Professionals and Managing Technology and Operations assignments using students’ research to understand innovative ways to implement technology in an organization to increase efficiencies within organizations
2019 :
Western Governors University
Lead Evaluator, Cybersecurity
• Liaisons with the Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC) team and the management staff
• Assisted in the preparation and completion of security action plans; implements production, productivity, quality and customer-service standards; resolves problems; completes audits; identifies trends
• Documented and escalated incidents that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment
• Performed cyber defense trend analysis and reporting. Performs event correlation to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an attack
• Provided daily summary reports of network events and activity relevant to cyber defense practices
• Conducted research, analysis, and correlation across all source data sets (indications and warnings)
• Reviewed and approved procedures and work instructions for use by the SOC (Tier 1 through Tier 3)
• Provided cybersecurity recommendations to leadership based on significant threats and vulnerabilities
• Informed senior management about performance and issues, including escalations
2021 : 2022
SeaHill Consulting Group
Texas Department of Transportation Deputy CSOC Manager
• Leads a five-member Inspector General office and 79-member Inspection Team
• Performs risk assessments identifies, defines, and analyzes program issues in terms of probability of failure - Ensures risks associated with activities are identified, measured, monitored, and controlled
• Ensured the security of the computer network defense for the 2020 and 2022 national elections
• Coordinates monthly briefings to leadership identifying unit capability shortfalls taking action on action items to identify solutions to shortfalls
• Working with Air Combat Command representatives to educate higher headquarters on differences between combat air forces and cyberspace forces to ensure cyber readiness is accurately assessed
• Identifies lack of resource/capability trends across 25 units to higher headquarters and wing leadership for them to advocate with higher headquarters for additional resources and capabilities
• Building first wing-wide cyber operational exercise aimed at demonstrating current capabilities, along with lack of capabilities, for higher headquarters to effectively assess wing’s operational readiness
2020 : 2022
United States Air Force
67th Cyberspace Wing/Inspector General
2000 : 2022
United States Air Force
Cyberspace Officer
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, and controlled
• Follows written risk and compliance policies and procedures for business activities
• Influences and leads efforts across the Information Security department and enterprise as a subject matter expert in their domain
• Prepares and delivers written and verbal briefs with recommendations to senior leadership and external parties on latest threats, alerts, incidents, and improvements
• Drives and directs quality work efforts as the primary resource for cross-functional team members on escalated issues of a unique nature
• Maintains expert level knowledge of USAA Information Security standards as well as industry information security best practices, frameworks, laws, and regulations
• Possesses expert level of business acumen in the areas of business operations, risk management, industry practices and emerging trends
• Performs security reviews to identify gaps, resulting in recommendations for inclusion in risk mitigation strategies
2022 : Present
United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
Information Security Analyst Lead
• Provides accurate analysis and evaluation of student responses to assessment tasks ensuring a secure and reliable determination of competencies for undergraduate and graduate programs
• Applies University, department, and team policies and procedures in scoring work and crafting helpful, robust, and personalized feedback to support students in developing competency and progressing with their degree programs
• Works individually and collectively, as part of a content-specific team, to meet individual, team, and department objectives to be accurate, fair, helpful, and quick
• Works remotely effectively while reporting worktime timely and accurately
• Self-manages, takes initiative, and acts independently completing performance assessment evaluations in-line with policies and university’s commitment to students
• Applies own subject matter expertise and experience utilizing a rubric created by program and assessment development faculty, the Evaluation Department, and team policies and procedures
• Evaluates Emerging Technology assignments using students’ research to stay abreast of emerging technologies that can be utilized to improve an organization’s network security
• Evaluates Management for IT Professionals and Managing Technology and Operations assignments using students’ research to understand innovative ways to implement technology in an organization to increase efficiencies within organizations
2019 :
Western Governors University
Lead Evaluator, Cybersecurity
• Liaisons with the Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC) team and the management staff
• Assisted in the preparation and completion of security action plans; implements production, productivity, quality and customer-service standards; resolves problems; completes audits; identifies trends
• Documented and escalated incidents that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment
• Performed cyber defense trend analysis and reporting. Performs event correlation to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an attack
• Provided daily summary reports of network events and activity relevant to cyber defense practices
• Conducted research, analysis, and correlation across all source data sets (indications and warnings)
• Reviewed and approved procedures and work instructions for use by the SOC (Tier 1 through Tier 3)
• Provided cybersecurity recommendations to leadership based on significant threats and vulnerabilities
• Informed senior management about performance and issues, including escalations
2021 : 2022
SeaHill Consulting Group
Texas Department of Transportation Deputy CSOC Manager
• Leads a five-member Inspector General office and 79-member Inspection Team
• Performs risk assessments identifies, defines, and analyzes program issues in terms of probability of failure - Ensures risks associated with activities are identified, measured, monitored, and controlled
• Ensured the security of the computer network defense for the 2020 and 2022 national elections
• Coordinates monthly briefings to leadership identifying unit capability shortfalls taking action on action items to identify solutions to shortfalls
• Working with Air Combat Command representatives to educate higher headquarters on differences between combat air forces and cyberspace forces to ensure cyber readiness is accurately assessed
• Identifies lack of resource/capability trends across 25 units to higher headquarters and wing leadership for them to advocate with higher headquarters for additional resources and capabilities
• Building first wing-wide cyber operational exercise aimed at demonstrating current capabilities, along with lack of capabilities, for higher headquarters to effectively assess wing’s operational readiness
2020 : 2022
United States Air Force
67th Cyberspace Wing/Inspector General
2000 : 2022
United States Air Force
Cyberspace Officer
Company:
United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
Spoken Language:
English
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