Brian Kell, Cissp Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York, NY, US

• Managed CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker) solution.
• Developed CASB/DLP automation policies/rules for multiple environments (e.g., M365/SharePoint, Salesforce, ServiceNow), across 35+ countries, adhering to various privacy laws (e.g., GDPR, etc.).
• Partnered with cross-functional teams (e.g., Business, Engineering, Application) to pinpoint data security gaps and execute resolution.
• Authored and maintained DLP/CASB documentation (e.g., Archer Control Procedures, Standard Operating Procedures, Functional Specifications).
• Performed Risk Assessments adhering to NIST SP 800-37/39.
• Facilitated vendor engagements ensuring issue resolution, proper tool configuration, and SLA compliance.

Washington, DC, US

Washington, DC, US

• Served as an Incident Responder on the EPA’s CSIRC team, detecting and responding to incidents on an enterprise network of 25,000+ endpoints, while adhering to NIST SP 800-61 R2.
• Provided direct Information Security expertise for the EPA, including Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, FISMA Compliance and Data Analytics, with exceptional customer and client communication.
• Performed incident triage, analysis, and eDiscovery, coordinating response and remediation for computer network intrusions, phishing campaigns, server attacks, malware infections, and PII breaches.
• Researched network and host based indicators of compromise using ArcSight SIEM, Blue Coat Packet Capture, Symantec alerts, ThreatGrid, AMP, and FireEye Web MPS/MAS.
• Provided Threat Intelligence utilizing US-CERT (e.g., MIFRs, IBs, and FBI Flash reports), VirusTotal, IPVoid, FortiGuard, and Looking Glass, thereby blocking trending ransomware, zero day exploits, and other threats at.
• Headed quarterly FISMA Compliance audits relevant to cybersecurity, adhering to NIST 800-53A.

Washington, D.C., US

• Provided direct PCI compliance expertise for the USPS, including assessment, hardening, vendor management, monitoring, remediation, and documentation, adhering to PCI-DSS, FISMA, NIST 800-53, CIS Security Benchmarks.
• Initiated and led the vendor selection efforts for the SIEM and FIM solutions for the PCI initiative.
• Responsible for audit logging and monitoring access to PCI enclave components and cardholder data.
• Hardened all in scope PCI enclave servers (e.g., service evaluation, patch management & benchmarking).
• Compiled and published USPS hardening standards for Windows Server 2003/2008/R2 environments, Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS v7.0), and USPS Fine-Grained Password Policy.
• Obtained Public Trust Security Clearance.

Durham, NC, US

• Developed, monitored, analyzed, and maintained over 40 IT solutions dashboards using SCRUM.
• Optimized the performance of numerous business units, utilizing key operational metrics and analytics.
• Responsible for pre-sales (technical demonstrations, architecture overviews, training, and promotion).
• Managed post-sales support and overall maintenance of IT solutions dashboards.

West Palm Beach, FL, US

• Responsible for disaster recovery & business continuity.
• Maintained current policies, tools, and procedures enabling the recovery of vital technology infrastructure and systems.
• Contract renewed twice.

Bachelor'S Degree, Business

Bachelor’S Degree, Information Security