Gary Halstead Email & Phone Number

Santa Clara, California, Us

• Proven global security and intelligence leader with over a decade of experience managing, developing, and executing both tactical and strategic programs to mitigate potential risks and insider threats. • Lead complex cross-functional projects that require an in-depth understanding of multiple security domains.• Responsible for the development, testing, deployment, operation and evolution of the Data Loss Prevention program & managing the team of analysts and engineers who support it. (Network, Endpoint, Email, Secure File Transfer, CASB)• Designed policies, procedures, and controls to meet industry regulations related to the security and safeguarding of internal confidential data, while collaboratively addressing the needs of diverse, stakeholders. (PII, PCI, GDPR, Engineering) • Oversaw company-wide security training and monthly simulated phishing campaigns to help educate users. • Assisted in development and improvement of the InfoSec strategy, framework & threat modeling. (NIST, ISO)• Reviewed and updated Information Protection security policies and processes, aligning to local business requirements.• Managed vendors to build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with both new and existing suppliers.• Produced, maintained and presented key metrics to senior management on a regular cadence.• Built robust cross-functional relationships through collaboration, effective communication & mutual respect & trust.

San Jose, Ca, Us

• Led the global implementation, administration and evolution of the entire DLP stack both on-prem and cloud, including network, endpoint, Email, secure file transfer and CASB.• Utilized multiple technologies across the DLP infrastructure to design, develop, and implement policies and rules in an effort to secure critical data from insider threats, cyberattacks, and accidental leaks. • Played an integral role on the Insider Threat Team managing alerts and leading weekly incident review meetings.• Supervised and mentored incident analysts to ensure accuracy through the detection and investigation process.• Designed and implemented companywide forced encryption of removable storage with an exception policy.• Helped support and remediate security audits and risk assessments.• Built, maintained and presented meaningful metrics/dashboards to upper management.

• Responsible for the scope of all residential and corporate projects, including managing overall processes from new client acquisition, client relations, and customer service, accounting, sub-contractors, and suppliers’ management.

San Jose, Ca, Us

• Provided a senior level of assistance for our customer support call center and second-level PC technicians that supported 2,500 users in the US and abroad. • Spearheaded complete lifecycle of several key IT projects aimed at achieving defined business goals.• Delivered cost-effective and fault-tolerant technical solutions to resolve common and uncommon problems that ultimately increased productivity for lower tiers of support.

• Generated sales by delivering top-notch services to key corporate sales accounts. • Managed overall aspects regarding resource planning and procurement for department. • Delivered effective guidance and direction to seven team members in PC assembly and configuration center.