Brian Amonette Email & Phone Number

Michigan, United States

Rockford, Michigan

Security Consultant performing vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, PCI auditing, security policy audits, Tufin implementation/maintenance, and firewall policy reviews.

Greater Denver Area

• As Senior Engineer, responsible for build and maintenance of Symantec Data Center Security: Server Advance platform and policies.
• Installed and maintained SDCS:SA servers and associated SQL database server.
• Created custom policies to protect specific assets
• Hardened high risk targets through policy hardening
• Decreased antivirus spending through establishment of agentless malware for cloud and virtual environments.

• Created the current First Data Risk Governance process.
• Oversaw the development of training and task division for the security team. Increased evaluated firewall rules by 40%. Improved overall security posture in each audit cycle.
• Tufin firewall management implementation and training for security team worldwide. Rolled out comprehensive processes to integrate new procedures to improve security evaluations and eliminate unreviewed changes.
• Created plan for metrics and reporting to office of CISO, advising on audit and policy metrics for comprehensive security governance.
• Interfacing with internal and 3rd party audit of governance and compliance, integrating PCI and NIST standards within corporate policy.

A multidisciplinary security consultant working on nearly every facet of security; from physical security and social engineering, to firewall engineering, remote security assessments and penetration testing.I personally performed security assessments, penetration tests, social engineering, wireless assessments, security architecture and design.

As a Verizon consultant, worked with the security team at Amgen to establish security practices for their organization. Trained personnel in testing procedures and threat identification.

As a security analyst, I was responsible for live monitoring of Snort intrusion detection systems mostly for banks and financial organizations. I was responsible for aiding clients in firewall rules creation to block discovered threats, and testing vulnerabilities.

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Culinary Arts/Chef Training

Culinary arts focusing on restaurant management and professional growth in the food and beverage management fields.

Currently Studying, Bachelor'S In Computer Security

Currently studying to improve my and broaden my skills, including adding more management, computer programing, and coding skills. I have.