Jerry Mitchell Email & Phone Number

Franklin, Tennessee, US

As a Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO), I seek to help guide our clients with their security programs who need assistance with security leadership. I provide input in the development, enhancement, and delivery of our client’s growing Cybersecurity practices. I serve as the executive Cybersecurity resource for our clients who do not require.

• Started Sentinel Cybersecurity as an Information Security consulting organization. Worked towards meeting growing demand for security guidance, with a focus on administrative, physical, and technical areas.Key.
• Developed cybersecurity strategy guidance aligned with the business strategy, and governance models for the oversight of cybersecurity programs and activities
• Created a cybersecurity risk assessment process and templates to identify, assess, prioritize, manage and monitor cybersecurity risks
• Developed identification methodology for critical business functions and mapped to critical information assets
• Developed information security policies and procedures
• Created a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) to determine recovery requirements

Nashville, TN, US

• Implemented program for risk management, information protection, and security assurance of information assets.
• Championed, administered, and provided interpretation of Information Security Program policies/procedures to facilitate risk-based decisions by key stakeholders.
• Developed information protection educational materials for role based training as well as board level program reporting.
• Identified, established and maintained strategic relationships with key stakeholders to help increase maturity of Program throughout operational processes, projects, and other initiatives
• Served as a key member of the IT leadership team and worked effectively with Facility Privacy Officials (FPO), Ethics and Compliance Officers (ECO), and other key decision-makers serving on the Division/Facility.
• Partnered with key stakeholders to assure facilities can respond timely to regulatory audit requests.

Nashville, TN, US

• Developed Information Security Program for all division facilities from initial program concept with no staff to mature organization with dedicated staffing.
• Transformed IT governance structure to integrate security into business processes at all levels
• Established processes for business units comply with security related regulatory requirements (HIPAA, SOX, PCI)
• Partnered with IT colleagues to assure ongoing maturity of IT operational and strategic security goals
• Initiated compelling communications with key stakeholders to launch information protection initiatives
• Increased awareness and/or understanding of needed actions to correct identified information security risks

Nashville, TN, US

• Configured facility core switches and router devices to provide device failure redundancy and WAN multilink dynamic routing services.
• Lead network technical efforts within division for network design and deployment, and ongoing administration, including roll out of wireless "Guest Networking" for facilities.
• Lead and provided training for team of technicians at each facility to oversee and manage their networking infrastructure.
• Provided wireless surveying and deployment services for facilities which included wireless controller installation, configuration, and upkeep.
• Developed and implemented network infrastructure performance monitoring and alerting solution.
• Provided network solution consulting services for division facilities.

Nashville, TN, US

• Central designer and implementer for enterprise firewall managing system (Checkpoint Provider-1 system).
• Provided diverse technical security expertise to Information Security team, including firewall-VPN architectural design and deployment, to intrusion detection and prevention efforts.
• Provided training and mentoring for on-boarding of incoming security engineers in Information Protection department.
• Provided security consulting services to corporate as well as field facility personnel
• Designed, implemented, and administered corporate perimeter and internal security devices which allowed for an efficient and secure company infrastructure.

Miami, Florida, US

• General security related consulting to large corporate and financial businesses as well as providing consulting level expertise and guidance to clients on all levels, including technical and executive strata
• Architectural development and design of security solutions for small to large-scale enterprises.
• Assist sales staff with presentation of consultative services, projected technologies and interaction with executive, engineering, and administrative prospective clients.
• Develop "Statements of Work" (SOW) for project development and implementation.
• Regularly developed reports on various security related criteria for presentation of information to technical and executive audiences.
• Security audits, focusing on device vulnerabilities, security policy analysis, and "Best Practices" development and documentation.

• Developed and expanded managed information security operations center methods, equipment, policies, and procedures.
• Worked to monitor and maintain customer's secure infrastructure through support of information security assets - Firewalls, IDS, VPNs.
• Provide auditing and reporting services to clients, customized for end point audiences, either technical or executive.

• Managed and maintained all aspects of IT operations for facility.
• Developed and configured network routing and switching infrastructure.
• Researched and developed implementation of protocol routing over satellite space segments
• Implementation and management of email, file, and print servers infrastructure.
• Provided end user PC support for staff as well as deployment of new staff IT assets.

Bachelor'S Degree, Ba - Management And Organizational Leadership

Electrial Engineering

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