Andre Varnado Jr. Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Greater Chicago Area

Professional ExperienceAndre is a certified practical network penetration tester and Senior Consultant within Protiviti’s Attack & Penetration practice. He specializes in Information Security and sits in the Chicago Protiviti penetration testing lab. Andre assists clients in performing security assessments against networks, applications, and the vulnerabilities contained within. Andre is familiar with the leading practices in the Information Security industry and has developed skills and knowledge in network and application security. Andre possesses additional experience planning and implementing cybersecurity defense programs including cybersecurity awareness training, vulnerability management & remediation, and incident response.Principal Areas of PracticeVulnerability Assessment: Conducted security assessments for firms to reduce the risk of unauthorized access through known security exploits or weaknesses in system configuration.Network Security: Performed network assessments to help clients protect their infrastructure and services from unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure. Web Application Security: Conducted numerous web application assessments to reduce the number of vulnerabilities and exploits in clients’ critical web applications.Major Projects Performed internal/external attack and penetration tests. Gained significant access to business-critical data and systems during most reviews by exploiting various security vulnerabilities including system misconfigurations, missing software patches, and telephonic/electronic social engineering.Completed reviews and provided recommendations for processes that manage security awareness, vulnerability management, change management, and security monitoring.Planned and implemented and cybersecurity program whose major activities included cybersecurity awareness training, penetration test remediation, vulnerability management & remediation, and incident monitoring & response.