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Franklin, Nc, Us

Highlands, North Carolina, United States

Developed and Implemented Standards: Played a key role in creating the new MDE standard, Physical Security Standard, and Physical Security Audit forms.Leadership and Mentorship: Acted as a mentor in the Skillbridge program. Took the lead on ISO 27k audits, completing them efficiently with minimal oversight. Incident Response and Security Operations: Helped design and implement tasks for Incident Response in ConnectWise, covering Command and Control, Credential Theft, Malware, and more, following the SANS Incident Response Model. Incident Response in Azure AD and Collaboration Tools: Led incident response efforts involving Azure Active Directory by analyzing audit logs to identify unauthorized access and suspicious activities. Managed security incidents related to email and collaboration tools (e.g., Microsoft Teams, Exchange), ensuring swift remediation to protect sensitive information and maintain compliance. Developed and implemented response strategies that enhanced overall security posture and minimized downtime. Cloud Security and Maintenance: Managed monthly maintenance of cloud security devices and Tenable services, ensuring uptime and addressing issues. Expanded the tool library in Tenable for software audits and designed daily alert audits for the CSOC board. Collaboration and Communication: Worked closely with multiple teams, including Security, CSOC, Projects, Commercial, and HR, to build strong working relationships and ensure effective communication. Led meetings to support the build-out of the CSOC and cross-trained colleagues on internal procedures. Risk Management and Auditing: Monitored security vulnerabilities, created tickets, and worked with projects to mitigate risks, improving team collaboration over time. Reducued enterprise risk by approximately 75%.Project Management: Successfully delivered audits, tasks, and projects on time, consistently meeting objectives. Played a significant role in designing SOPs and Service Catalogs.

Murphy, North Carolina, United States

Bryson City, North Carolina, United States

Bryson City, North Carolina, United States

Master Of Science - Ms, Cybersecurity And Information Assurance

Activities and Societies: WGU Cybersecurity Club, Order of the Sword & Shield Academic and Professional Honor Society

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Cybersecurity And Information Assurance

NSA Validated PoS and NSA CAE

Associate Of Science - As, Information Technology, 4.0