James Rusch Cism, Cisa, Crisc, Csm Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Direct and conduct current and future state analysis for privilege access management and governance administration. Provide deliverables to C-level executives (VP and directors) for reporting purposes. Partner with CSOC, CISO, and CyberOps teams and utilize PowerShell, custom-built databases, Splunk, and USPS IGA to ingest disparate datasets to signal SOD violations, over-privileged users, and insider threats.• Implemented IAM program strategy resulting in driving IAM transformation at USPS while concentrating on workforce identities.• Detected anomalous activity via investigation of pattern access rights by carrying SecOps research for CISO Digital Integration team.• Led Active Directory reconciliation research efforts to compare AD against USPS system of record reducing unreconciled accounts by 50%; researched abnormal accounts, flagged false positives, and recommended improvements for future process performance.• Created automated email outreach to 2000+ stakeholders to provide roles specific to application and decision matrix to aid in defining privileges.• Audited privileged user rights in Active Directory vs system of record and the enterprise security policy to identify security vulnerabilities and accounts out of compliance.

Herndon, Virginia, United States

I steered UX/UI design for team of six experienced software developers to troubleshoot issues and manage access by supporting 160 internal databases and user base of 1,500 people. I designed 10 new low code business applications from scratch while overseeing all aspects of SLDC, including requirements solicitation, data mapping, database schema design, code reviews, security, prototype development, user acceptance testing, production release, and maintenance support.• Saved $750K in storage fees via minimized risks by designing desktop application for offsite records storage for cost and record disposition management in compliance with law department requirements and contract.• Developed automated process for auditing 500 users WebXtender access rights using relational database to compare Data Warehouse information to Active Directory information.• Minimized labor by 50hr/week via development of desktop applications to create reports and evaluate 30K+ employee data between disparate internal systems for data integrity.

Herndon, Virginia, United States

I monitored the quality control process for 75K documents/month. I aligned with internal stakeholders to improve data integrity of metadata captured in document scanning process. I coordinated with internal stakeholder to identify opportunities for paper usage reduction and switch legacy processes of paper scanning to digital ingestion of PDF's. I planned current and future state document ingestion processes.• Boosted 60% productivity, lowered labor by 100hr/week, and reduced paper documentation by 70K/year by devising and implementing automated processes to ingest electronic records into document repository.• Created new workflows and system designs for digital documents to be ingested into firm's repository.• Reduced document imaging staff, increased accuracy of indexing, and improved protection of confidential employee information by automating importing of spreadsheets resulting in reduction in labor by 20 hrs./week.• Maximized labor resources and reduced turnaround time to meet SLA's by developing staggered document reception schedules across client teams.• Audited offsite record storage against firms digital image repository, designed audit strategy, execution, and reporting. Advised firm on record retention and a way forward to reduce storage costs and reduce eDiscovery risk for documents past their retention dates.

Melville, New York

Riverhead

Riverhead, New York, United States