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Introduce Yourself!

isc2jade — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 22:29:12 GMT

Hello everyone,

New to the community? Have a question? Or just want to tell us a little about yourself? Feel free to do so in this thread.

Re: Introduce Yourself!

James — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 16:18:29 GMT

Hi there - my name is James McQuiggan and I'm a CISSP.

I am the Product & Solutions Security Officer of the Service Americas division at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. I've been at Siemens for over 16 years and I've consulted and supported various corporate divisions on cybersecurity standards, information security awareness and securing their networks. I used to be in the Information Security group, he implemented the phishing program that assessed the Siemens US employees Energy division ability to “be thinkers and not clickers”

I joined the (ISC)2 family in 2008 and I really enjoy volunteering with the Safe and Secure Online Program for the Center for Cyber Education & Safety. Since 2011, I have delivered the Safe & Secure Online education and awareness program to over 7,000 students, parents, teachers and the “life experienced” (seniors).

I am a proud member of the North American Advisory Council (NAAC) and within the Central Florida community, I am the President of the Central Florida (ISC) 2 chapter.

Last year, I was surprsingly given the 2016 (ISC)2 President’s Award for my contributions toward advancing the information security profession.

I am the father of two teenage daughters and continues to make sure they are safe and secure online while using their smartphones and social media.

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Kaity — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 17:51:51 GMT

Hello everyone!

I'm Kaity Eagle - Communications Specialist at (ISC)². I'm an admin here at the Community, so I hope to be able to answer all of your questions if you have them!

I also run (with help from @Jason_ISC2) the ISC2Congress Twitter account. Can't wait to see everyone in Austin in a few days!

Yves LE ROUX introduction

leroux — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:59:10 GMT

I am currently the co-chair of the EMEA Advisory Council and the Privacy Workgroup Lead.

During the EMEA Security Summits, I lead a three hours workshop upon the EU General Data Protection Regulation.Implementation.

After my graduation from Paris University in 1970, I worked in the Rothschild Group where, among others tasks, he was in charge of the network security and other security related issues. In 1981, I joined the French Ministry of Industry where I was in charge of the Open Systems Standardization programs.
In 1986, I took the position of European Information Security Manager at Digital Equipment. Then, hI joined the security research and development team. In 1999, I went to Entrust Technologies, PKI software editor. In 2003, I joined Computer Associates Int. as a Technology Strategist. In April 2017, I retired from CA Technologies.

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scobb — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 22:26:25 GMT

Greetings - I have been a CISSP since 1996. For the past six years I have been a security researcher at ESET (two fun facts: it's been around for 30 years and is now the largest European security software company).

Prior to ESET I co-founded a couple of security startups that were sold to NASDQ listed companies and helped develop network security software that is still in use today. I've done quite a bit of security teaching (e,g. Norwich University MSIA program) and writing (see We Live Security and S. Cobb on Security).

Trivia bonus: In 1991, I published a book on PC and LAN security that was, for a while, part of the CBK.

Together with my colleague, Lysa Myers, I presented some research at this year's Congress. I am currently exploring how to share a PDF of our slides with the Community.

Stephen (pronounced so it rhymes with even) Cobb

scobb@scobb.net

Twitter @zcobb

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CookieMonster — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 23:57:57 GMT

HOWDY! That's right; I'm an Aggie '90 and proud of it! Whoop!

You know I am loved here in Longhorn Country! Welcome to Austin Y'all!

I am CISSP (2005). Yup; you guessed it I am an old dude. I am the CIO for Roch Capital based in Philadelphia PA. We provide tech services to several organizations in industries including Financial Services, Credit Card Operations, Food Manufacturing, Distribution and Sales, Banking and Corporate Properties Management.

I am thrilled with the 2017 Congress! I am learning allot and that's what counts. Glad to be here with you all!

God Bless Texas and God Bless Y'all!

Brian

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machinelearning — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 13:46:57 GMT

Hello!

Sreeman here and an ISC2 CSSLP.

Work as a Program/Project Manager with the Application Security group of the bank. I am interested in the Info Sec domain in general and specifically implementing Cloud and IOT Security Programs, apart from being interested in Enterprise & Business Architect, IT4IT, Privacy, Product Development & Management, Agile, DecSecOps ... this list is long 🙂

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fortean — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 14:00:20 GMT

Trivia: born 1959, live in The Netherlands, in the Northern region. I met my wife in 1988. We have three children: a boy (1998) and two girls (2001,2002).

I work as Senior Consultant, for various companies and work as a teacher, designer, advisor and architect.

In my spare time I work as a staff member for a political party. I am a voluntary miller (so, yes, I operate one of those old Dutch windmills), millers instructor, webmaster and security advisor.

I have been the President of the Dutch Chapter of (ISC)2 since september 2016, see http://chapter.isc2.nl (in Dutch).

I have owned a computer since 1978 and have been working in the IT field since 1984. Have been actively involved with the Internet since 1990 and have been using Linux since 1992. Obtained various certificates in the field, e.g. RHCE, SNIA, LPIC. Obtained CISSP in 2011 and a Masters at Royal Holloway (London) in 2017 where I completed the Cybercrime track. My dissertation was about the security aspects of the a volunteer driven IoT infrastructure. I passed with distinction.

After graduation I achieved my CCSP certification (2017) and renewed by CISSP certification (2017).

I'm currently considering options for a PhD. Anybody with tips, hints or leads is encouraged to contact me or post a reply here.

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jdquinitchette — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 14:10:46 GMT

Hi everyone!

It is so great to be here. I am a second-year student at Regent University, majoring in Information Systems Security. I am marshalling years of piecemeal learning into a career that will serve the nation, and I really look forward to learning and lurking in this community.

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Tekmic — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 14:29:35 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I am an experienced cyber and information security professional with 3+ decades of experience, having held positions in support, training, operations and development as well as in project management. Since 2006 my career has been spent within the security domain; running my own security consultancy from 2011. I have an extensive hands-on experience in many domains, which comes in handy when discussing with other IT professionals.

I’m a born optimist and entrepreneur, tested as an ENTJ in the MBTI-tests several times. I like to interact with people, make decisions and to communicate.

I am educated to degree level, and I have multiple certifications within information security, project management and other IT related topics for instance the GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation.

I have worked in both SMB’s and in complex multicultural and international environments. I’ve managed it-project groups of up to 13 people, and as an executive officer (XO) I’ve been deputy commander of units up to 170 people. I have had responsibility for project managers, running their projects in my domain, and I have been responsible for budgets.

I have worked in financials, telecom and energy as well as in the armed forces.

Specialties: GDPR and ISO27001 compliance, Information Security Management, Business Continuity Management, Awareness Training, Project management, Supervision of penetration tests, Cyber Security

I live in Denmark nearby the Northsea.

Kind regards,
Michael

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clarkmtc — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 14:32:59 GMT

Hello everyone,

Mike here, long time CISSP, I work for the Army as a Civilian, prior green suiter, in the realm of systems analysis, policy, planning, and information security. I've been supervising so long I have lost a great deal of the technical skills and hands on "stuff" that brought me to this profession so long ago. When I look at the market, I see such a demand for security professionals and I really want to point myself back into the zone of information assurance and risk management and away from being a babysitter. I feel like so many of the skillsets I learned, achieved along the way are being underutilized in my current role.

I'm currently working on a Masters in Cyber Security at the National Defense University and working full time, here in South Korea for Army Signal.

VR,

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Matthew — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 14:41:00 GMT

Hello!

I received my CISSP in 2016 and currently working on my bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance. I am an Army veteran of the Military Intelligence Community and I work for local government as a Security Supervisor. Looking forward to sharing ideas and concepts on this board!

Matt

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Perry — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 14:44:25 GMT

Hi everyone. Currently I am the Principal Cybersecurity Analyst at BMT Fleet Technology a Government/Military contractor in Canada. I am a veteran of 20 years in the Royal Canadian Navy and 10 years in the public service at the Communications Security Establishment Canada. Now I contract and put those 30 plus years of experience to good use by advising government on cybersecurity and how best to include System Security Engineering into their procurement programmes.

Currently I am assisting the Canadian Armed Forces develop a new Mission Assurance Platform Protection Programme by leveraging the NIST Cybersecurity Framework into the major project and materiel aquisition and support frameworks. I am developing governance, policy and guidance for the CAF to risk manage cybersecurity by senior leadership and enabling them to provide clear guidance on cyber mission assurance to contractors and vendors including clear assessment methodologies to measure technical security assurance for equipment, systems and platforms to meet the expressed needs.

In short providing tools to senior leadership to enable them to set goals and outcomes required for projects and systems and methods for assessment to ensure they can manage and be accountable for the delivery of cyber mission assured projects and systems. All this and have fun at the same time.

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Victoria — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 16:20:38 GMT

Hi everyone!

I'm brand new to the (ISC)² sphere - in fact, fresh off the CISSP exam presses, having taken the exam and earned my Associate of (ISC)² status just last week .

I work in public accounting and am also currently a CPA candidate. I was always interested in internal controls and security, and after completing Cyber Security certificates offered by a university here in Canada, taking the CISSP seemed to be the logical next step.

Happy to meet all of you, and glad to be here!

-Victoria

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Bitwisebytefool — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 15:40:03 GMT

I'm a Principal Product Security Engineer for Nuance Communications, Inc. Yes, that Nuance (I started there three weeks prior to the incident).

I have about ten years experience in enterprise and healthcare software development and QA automation, and decided several years ago that attention to software security is lagging far behind the attention given to infrastructure, and that I could refocus my strengths to securing the SDLC.

My main focus today is to evangelize secure SDLC and provide software engineering groups with the resources to "build in security" to their current practices. This includes setting realistic, achievable security requirements, developing use and abuse cases, threat modeling, improving visibility of vulnerabilities with SAST and DAST tools, integration of tools within the CI/CD pipeline, and creating a security advocate program for developers.

I hope that I'll be able to share advice with others that want to start a product security group in their organization, and learn from others' experiences.

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erasparsa — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 16:16:05 GMT

Hi all,

The name's Ed and am in both managerial and engineering level of some sort in an energy company in Indonesia, have been a CISSP since 2010 and looking forward to my CCSP. 18 years working in the IT industry at various verticals.

Looking forward to this community growing bigger and making myself useful here 😄

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williash — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 16:24:57 GMT

Hi, my name is Shane Williams.

I started my career in the USAF working on computer systems on B-52 bombers. I am a veteran of Desert Shield/Desert Storm. After 4 years in the USAF, I left and went to school to be a paramedic which I did both professionally and as a volunteer for 17 years. I also as a job have been doing IT work in one form or another for 20+ years.

Back in 2009, while working as a security contractor for the Defense Logistics Agency, got my CISSP certification. In 2014, DLA converted me from contractor to government civilian employee and in 2016 sent me to get my CCSP certification since I am the Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM) for our cloud environment (one of them).

I am currently working on my Bachelor's in IT at Capella University (online).

Shane C. Williams, CISSP, CCSP

Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM)

J612 CyberSecurity Program Management Assurance

Defense Logistics Agency

williash@gmail.com

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JamesMac — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 20:29:23 GMT

Hi there.

I'm James McLaren, a relatively recent CISSP (I passed the exam in December 2015).

I graduated in Russian back in 1989, and joined a large unfriendly government department in 1990. I had an interesting career path: language work, information analysis and reporting, then visualisation of data, and later first line and quasi-first line IT support. But in 2000 a job kind of collapsed underneath me, and a previous boss invited me to go and work in Security training. Four fascinating years ensued...

I live in Jersey - not the one next to New York, but the small island between Britain and France. I arrived here in 2009 and found myself unable to get work - so I spent four years volunteering at the local archive and with the local family history society. When I finally became eligible for work in 2014 (don't ask), Logicalis came looking for me. As of now I run a small team managing SIEM for customers, and I do some consultancy in the security gap analysis and data protection arena for local businesses.

Look forward to meeting you: there's a growing community of CISSPs in Jersey and we hope to establish a chapter here soon.

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Jen — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 21:35:28 GMT

Hello colleagues,

I'm Jen. I am currently in pursuit of a B.A.S. in CyberSecurity. I am honored to be a part of this community and am grateful to have a place to share my ideas concerning the ever changing world of I.T. Security. My current focus is aligned with the DoDD 8570 (I am currently working on the first tier).

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oradba888 — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 01:45:39 GMT

Hi everyone,

My background basically is an Oracle DB professional/Applications DBA/SysAdmin

and recently received SSCP designation.

My experience in security involved securing the databases for my customers as well as doing

pen tests, reviewing policies, securing data, etc. although I feel I can be doing so much more.

Currently taking the Harvard School CyberSec Grad cert and studying for the CISSP and hopefully can get this soon. Based in NorCalifornia, pls feel free to reach out if you need an extra "hand" for any tasks/projects you may have, always willing to be a gopher to learn as much as I can about security from all the passionate gurus here.

mail./skp: itsecure888@gmail.com