Jacob Pickens Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Falls Church, Va, Us

Reviewing and improving security practices at a rapidly growing company. In charge of vulnerability management. Helping acquire SOC 2 Type II re-certification for Kastle. Monitoring the environment for intrusion attempts and malicious actors. Updating and improving Kastle Security Policies and Procedures with the latest security frameworks provided by the SEC.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

- Detected and remediated vulnerabilities through Rapid 7 Insight Agent, and Rapid 7 AppSec Agent- Created and managed quarterly phishing tests and monthly user security training using KnowBe4, resulting in SOC 2 type II certification.- Analyzed, managed, and saw to resolution traffic & threats reported through IDS such as Sophos, Meraki, and ADAudit Plus.Performed vendor and supplier assessments via Whistic to onboard new and existing vendors.- Built and maintained processes to keep company SOC 2 Type I and Type II compliant.- Carried out monthly, quarterly, bi-annual, and annual controls to make the company compliant with a SOC 2 Type II audit.- Monitored and resolved system backups and performance via Altaro VM backup, PRTG.- Maintained policies, procedures, and controls to NIST 800-53, GDPR, and ISO27001 standards.- Provisioned user accounts and performed monthly user account audits to ensure all accounts had the correct access and were terminated accordingly.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

- Installed and configured software and hardware, set up accounts and workstations, and handled maintenance of laptops and other inventories.- Maintained network servers and technology tools and kept systems up-to-date and performing with the set requirements.- Continuously honed skills in system security, data backup and recovery, and numerous operating systems and platforms.- Optimized work efficiencies by promptly resolving encountered technical issues and outages and applying resourcefulness and interpersonal aptitudes.- Served as go-to-person in facilitating training of staff regarding new technologies.- Monitored and analyzed intrusion attempts through IDS such as Cisco Meraki,

Ann Arbor, Mi, Us